Something similar to ClarkConnect
Hello,
I've been testing out a couple of the easy to setup firewall solutions. ClarkConnect is the best one I've come across so far however I have one problem, you can't install your own programs. Is there any other distro that would be as easy to setup and have a nice web based configuration but also allow you to install your own programs from source? Any info or suggestions are appreciated. Thanks, RS |
Not sure if it comes with gcc etc, but have you tried Endian firewall?
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I'll have to give it a try, I've never heard of it before. I just don't understand why something like ClarkConnect wouldn't come with GCC, etc. But I'll download that now and check it out. Any other suggestions welcome.
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Just wanted to let everyone know that Endian didn't work for what I wanted but I did find out that you could get everything needed on ClarkConnect to install whatever packages you want from source by simply running a few commands. Here they are for anyone else who may be looking to do just this:
apt-get update apt-get install cc-devel kernel-devel kernel-sourcecode |
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Gateway distros similiar to Clarkconnect:
IPCop Smoothwall |
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# uname -a Linux gateway.clarkconnect.lan 2.6.9-42.cc #1 Wed Sep 13 19:47:22 EDT 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux # rpm -qa | grep -i kernel kernel-2.6.9-42.cc # cat /etc/redhat-release CentOS release 4.4 (Final) In fact, installing gcc here would really be a trivial matter, but firewall distros generally shy away from providing a toolchain on the firewall as it is considered a severe security risk, if someone roots the box they have everything they need to make rootkits onsite, or custom rootkit modules for the kernel, etc. |
ahh apt4rpm then... the use of apt to update the system threw me off..
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