[KLUG Members] question on firewall distro for VPN

[Jeremy Leonard]

I use IPCop. I believe it would do what you need.


On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 23:44, Richard Harding wrote:
> I work for a small non-profit and I am trying to replace an existing 
> system where we have an SonicWall firewall that is expensive to upgrade. 
> I was hoping to replace it with something like a smoothwall or such 
> firewall distro on a old P2-233 I have sitting here.
> 
> I have played with SmoothWall and it is impressive but there is one 
> limitation. I have a Windows 2000 machine running a VPN server for a 
> couple of our users. (3 to be exact) For instance the boss likes to 
> print to his work printer so I have it set up so he can VPN in and print 
> to his network printer for his secretary. Another is the finance guy so 
> he can Remote Desktop in to his XP machine and run his quickbooks 
> software from home.
> 
> 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?
> 
> I would love to hear any of your experiences out there.
> 
> Thanks
> Rick
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