[Sheflug] Gibraltar Firewall based on Debian

[Richard Ibbotson <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear all

This just came to me from the Debian people ...


"Gibraltar is a project that aims to produce a Debian GNU/Linux-based
router and firewall package.  This package will be bootable directly
from a CD-ROM, so hard disk installation will not be necessary.  This
can actually be a security feature since modifying the filesystem
won't be possible.

Two versions of Gibraltar have been planned for release.  The free
version is now available as a testing release.  As for the commercial
version, which will come complete with a manual in addition to the
web-interface, the Gibraltar developers are currently preparing for
 its 1.0 release.  Unfortunately, they are unable to give an exact
 release date as it still requires more in-house development.

The entire distribution can be downloaded as ISO image, ready to be
burned on CD-ROM, or as source packages.  Please find all relevant
files at a mirror, linked from the following url.

http://www.gibraltar.at/content/product_gibraltar_download_eng.htm

If you would like to participate in this project, please join their
mailing list.

More information: <http://www.gibraltar.at/>"


This looks like the kind of thing that I would want myself.  It's got 
a lot going for it that other projects of a similar nature should 
take note of.

Thanks





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Richard
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