Thoughts on IPCop?
 

I'm getting just about ready to install IPCop. I really like the documentation, its really simple and straight forward. Looks like it would be a pretty quick install /setup.

Is there any thing about IPCop that you don't like? How about things you do like? I'm just looking for stuff to keep my eye open for.

How good would this be for a larger installation other than just my house? Such as for a small - medium business.

Thanks,

ipcop is very good. it's made even better by the add-on modules such as advproxy which let certain areas get even more featureful. it is, IMHO, a big improvement compared to smoothwall which it originally forked from. biggest downside is that it's really ugly! other than that it's really good, and i wouldn't look that far past it if i had to implement a dedicated firewall with *NO* budget. if there was money, i'd probably go elsewhere, the commerical version of smoothwall, maybe astaro etc...

I found IPCop very easy to setup and administer as a novice. I would definitely recommend it as an introduction to firewalls. I would say it's an appropriate alternative to a SOHO firewall for a small buisiness. I would not recommend IPCop for anything larger than a smell business, though. In my experience it didn't have the necessary flexibility for creating DMZs and doing more complex NAT setups that might be required when you have multiple servers providing multiple services to external clients.

As a hobbyist I think IPCop is great and getting better. Easy to setup and lots of features.

Version 1.5 may well include much loved addons like Adv-proxy, Block out Trafic Urlfilter, and OpenVPN. Hopefully these will have been improved a bit.

Version 1.6 may have a new interface based on shorewall

Thanks for all your replies.