[KLUG Members] question on firewall distro for VPN

[Bruce Smith]

> I was hoping to use SmoothWall to eliminate the need for this extra 
> Win2k box. (Major $$ cutbacks in Education in MI these days) but in 
> order to do this you have to purchase add ons. Is there any distro like 
> smoothwall that would let me set up an easy to use VPN for a few users 
> while still letting me replace the firewall unit?

What type VPN?  Devil-Linux supports all know VPN's that run on Linux.
It's not as easy to setup as IPCOP, but your choice of software is far
greater, plus the advantage of no hard drive needed (runs from CDROM).

 - BS