Hi Jerry,

I understand what you're saying but I'm from the school of thought that demands a dedicated hardware firewall between the Internet and my private network. This doesn't mean that there's a mis-match between different distros : One is a product based on a particular distro, the other is your chosen distro set up and configured to your own taste/requirements.

I imagine that the preferred solution will also depend on available resources. I am fortunate to have no shortage of hardware so my firewall is a spare box that I have no other use for.


Regards,

Liam



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>Liam,
>Most Linux distros (at least RH, Mandrake and SuSE) have options for creating firewalls and/or proxy servers which fullfil all the conditions you mention. And, since it would be the same software that the workstation / desktop is setup with there doesn't have to be a mix-match between two different distros in the same network.
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