[ale] IPCop alternative?

[Geoffrey]

John Wells wrote:
> I'm having probs with ipcop and linux pptp sessions.  After some rather
> indepth analysis with the pptp guys, I'm leaning towards pointing a finger
> at either IPCop or my new ISP (Speakeasy...if you're using pptpclient via
> Speakeasy let me know...will make me feel a bit better).

What kinds of problems are you having with pptp?  Why don't they go with 
(the much more secure and standard) ipsec?

You might try sticking a sacrifical box in place of the ipcop box and 
try pptp directly from it to see if the problem still exists.  Nothing 
else connected, just that box wide open.

> Anyway, I want to drop in another fw/router quickly to remove ipcop from
> the picture.  Aside from Smoothwall and IPCop, are there any other
> fw/router distros that provide quick, easy interfaces with close attention
> to actual security?

You mentioned Smoothwall already, but it's so easy to drop in place, I'd 
go that route.  Then again, I believe ipcop is a fork of smoothwall, 
therefore, it's not like a complete replacement..

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Until later, Geoffrey                     Registered Linux User #108567
Building secure systems in spite of Microsoft