Bootable CD w/OS for firewall

Don Levey lug at the-leveys.us
Tue Sep 14 13:49:02 EDT 2004


Jeff Kinz wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 12:50:02PM -0400, Don Levey wrote:

>>> 
>> The intent was for me to use the iptables config information I've
>> already developed.  The machine will, in the end, be a gateway
>> router/firewall, sending traffic to one of two subnets: one for the
>> server machines, and one to the desktop machines.  OK, I know this
>> can be a bit much for a home network, but with 8 active machines now
>> and at least three more coming online at some point soon, I want a
>> little more control and protection that what my Linksys provides.
> 
> This looks like it might be a dead on match for your needs:
> http://www.morphix.org/modules/news/
> 
> QUOTE:
> Morphix is a modular GNU/Linux livecd-enabled distribution (you burn
> the CD, you put it in your CD-Rom drive, you boot and it works... no
> harddisk-installation necessary, doesn't touch your data).
> 
> It even has a "Recipes" section:
> http://www.morphix.org/modules/sections/index.php?op=viewarticle&artid=13

By Jove, that may just be it!  I'll check in more detail, thank you!
 -Don



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