Linux Source Distribution for Firewalls?

Peter Miller asks: "I want to build a new firewall. I want fine control over the exact contents of the disk. So I went looking at Linux source distributions. Every one I looked at (Gentoo, Lunar, etc) put the development environment on the final disk image. I don't think this is good for a firewall. Even Linux From Scratch does this, it isn't automated, and the nALFS UI is incomprehensible. I'd rather not have the package database in the final image, either. Micro-distros like FloppyFW doesn't publish their root image build script, and that's the route I'd like to follow. What do you security zealots out there use to build your firewalls from scratch?"

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Re:It depends, but usually...

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Unlike the current system, which is run like Enron, if you can afford it that is.

Whatever inflated insurance premiums people pay now will translate directly into mandatory payroll deductions or corporate taxes under a federal system. There will be no competition among insurance companies to provide any cost controls whatsoever, and rigid policies will cause people who fall through the cracks in regulation to go without treatment and die. The government will put even more of its tendrils in to personal bank accounts far beyond what happens with social security. The intelligence gathered into the central government medical database will be used to fufill political agendas causing a highly unnatural and skewed system as has happened with the federal income tax.

Simply, how can people trust politicians with their personal health?!? It is absurd.

It would be much better to let doctors, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, and insurance companies to work against eachother in building a sustainable cost structure without the extreme government intervention we have now. Also, allowing independent certification companies instead of the FDA to provide affirmations about treatments would allow a great deal of safety (not unlike Underwriter's Laboratories) without delaying medical products by years.

Doctors and drug companies cannot make treatment more expensive than patients and insurance companies are willing to pay. Doctors can limit liability by using independently certified products and treatment methods. Patients should be free to choose any doctor on the basis of cost and reputation. Patients should be able to choose any insurance on the basis of cost and reputation. Those who cannot afford insurance go to charity-based hospitals and missions. If we let the market set the prices for health care, my bet is prices will go down (the last thirty years of out-of-control health care has followed increasing government involvement).

Whiny tax-dodging bitch.

I'm more concerned about the road to tyranny these "social justice" programs lead the USA down. People who think this new found government power and system of taxation won't be used against them are naive. It will very likely be worse than the federal income tax. Much worse.

If we have congresspeople who really care about the Constitution and the reasons for which it exists, national healthcare will get thrown out with little debate.

I recently found this with Google. More elaboration of the same I said above.