[vox] My next little project

[Sam Peterson]

Richard S. Crawford wrote:
> I know this is a Linux list, but I'm thinking that I would like to build a
> router/firewall out of a computer running OpenBSD for my home network,
> instead of using the Linksys router/firewall that I'm currently using.
> 
> Has anyone had any experience doing this?  I have some very basic
> questions that I'd like to ask.
> 
> 

OpenBSD has become a bit of a fad for firewalls among UCD tech staff. 
I've deployed one and they're not too much trouble once you learn the 
ins and outs of pf.  The network install can go pretty easily (at least 
as soon as you install bash, eesh, being with a strict bourne shell can 
drive a spoiled Linux user like myself mad!)  There's lots of options, 
and having a firewall that does transparent bridging (no ethernet 
interface on the box has an IP) is a rather cool security hack.  Makes 
remote admin hard, but hey ;-), probably best to have that off the 
firewall anyway.

-- 
Sam Peterson
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