RE: [PCTECH] RE: IP-Cop Firewall

["Scott Johnson" <sjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob,

Thanks, that makes perfect sense.  I had took a quick look at IPCop.org and did
not really see anything about what it needs to run on as far as OS. Hence the
question.  Now all I have to do is find a box and give it a try.

-- Scott J.

> You don't get a choice. IPCop runs on it's own version of Linux.
> The current version is based over a very striped down Red Hat 8 I
> believe. And I they are going to move to LFS (Linux from Scratch)
> in the future.
>
> Bottom line is that for most IPCop users, the exact underlying OS
> doesn't really matter.  And it is supposed to be a dedicated
> machine.  You do NOT want to run your mail server or "other"
> things on the IPCop machine.
>
> Bob