January 20th, 2004, 06:49 AM
People, please stop with the smoothwall recomendations. He want's a distro, not a solo firewall. He want's to learn *Linux*, not a learn how to simply install a solo firewall distro. Don't confuse,...
January 19th, 2004, 08:45 AM
Well, easy is not what the origonal poster saught. They wanted to install a Linux *Distro* that wasn't too easy, so that they could begin learning linux, while not wanting it to be too hard. Having...
January 19th, 2004, 01:35 AM
As a side note, I must add this: All OSes are basically the same in security when it comes down to it, as true security relies on the admin. Windows can be as secure as OBSD, and OBSD as insecure as...
January 18th, 2004, 11:51 PM
I say use OpenBSD as the distro. With only 1 remote exploit in the past 6 years, and with the entire OS going through continual security audits, OBSD has always meant to be a firewall/server. It...