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Captain Crunch's New Boxes, Part II

Posted by timothy on from the whistle-whistle dept.

micsaund writes: "It looks like the infamous Captain Crunch has been toiling away for 3 years on a firewall now known as the Crunchbox. It runs OpenBSD and is administered via a web-based interface. Steve Wozniak is quoted as saying it's 'next to un-crackable.' Check it out at ShopIP. The Register also has an article on it. As an aside, since the Linux Router Project (LRP) appears to have been sold-out and GnatBox is a tad expensive, is anyone aware of some kind of 'packaged' firewall with a slick interface available for free?" We mentioned Draper's venture into firewalls last year, but there's been some progress since then.

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  1. Re:Coyote Linux by wholesomegrits · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Maybe a few comments from De Raadt, the OpenBSD guy, regarding the intelligence of using a floppy disk for your firewall are in order. The short and quick: it's a stupid idea. This thread seems to be dominated by the "let's entrust my entire network's security to a $.25 (or cheaper) part that has the highest failure rate of any storage medium ever. This isn't directed at you, servoled, but just a general note for the thread.

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  2. LRP is now LEAF... by phraktyl · · Score: 5, Insightful

    LRP has been superceded by the LEAF project at http://leaf.sourceforge.net. I'm running a current LEAF distro (Oxygen) and it's rock solid. There are quite a few different flavors, depending on your needs and experience level.

    From the LEAF site:

    An easy to use embedded Linux network appliance for use in small office, home office, and home automation environments. Although it can be used in other ways, it's primarily used as a gateway/router/firewall for Internet leaf sites.
    Last Oxygen release was about 2 weeks ago.
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