DSL Ideas and Suggestions :: new idea

hey i am new to the whole linux seen i was looking at smoothwall for a firewall but the prob i had was i wanted to use my firewall box as an network storage device. i got a 120gig harddrive i wanted to use for storaged and an controlercard from there in an old p2 box i got with a 3 gig hd

anything is much needed thanks

As I mentioned in the SmoothWall forum..it would be possible...but you will have to hack the snot out of the SmoothWall's /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall.up IPTABLES entries...then using the rcfirewall.dsl input those into there...that way you would have a very strong protective firewall and be able to have a fileserving/sharing ability...

I did create a SAMBA MOD for SmoothWall, but as we all have said its not good to run a server like that on a firewall appliance...

If you need further assistance I will be happy to assist

Brian
AwPhuch

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