From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 29 23:41:08 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71D8116A41F for ; Fri, 29 Jun 2007 23:41:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmc20@xxiii.com) Received: from imf18aec.mail.bellsouth.net (imf18aec.mail.bellsouth.net [205.152.59.66]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0768013C45D for ; Fri, 29 Jun 2007 23:41:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmc20@xxiii.com) Received: from ibm61aec.bellsouth.net ([68.209.177.221]) by imf18aec.mail.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20070629234107.HOVR2727.imf18aec.mail.bellsouth.net@ibm61aec.bellsouth.net> for ; Fri, 29 Jun 2007 19:41:07 -0400 Received: from wcox.bellsouth.net ([68.209.177.221]) by ibm61aec.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20070629234106.TLPO29715.ibm61aec.bellsouth.net@wcox.bellsouth.net>; Fri, 29 Jun 2007 19:41:06 -0400 Message-Id: <6.2.3.4.2.20070629193035.01e16460@mailsvr.xxiii.com> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.3.4 Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 19:41:06 -0400 To: "zbigniew szalbot" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: r17fbsd@xxiii.com In-Reply-To: <3257.192.168.11.1.1183131813.squirrel@https://poczta.szalb ot.homedns.org> References: <5780.192.168.11.1.1183063250.squirrel@https://poczta.szalbot.homedns.org> <46842565.9010404@walsimou.com> <46851D64.5010208@xxiii.com> <3257.192.168.11.1.1183131813.squirrel@https://poczta.szalbot.homedns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Cc: Subject: Re: freebsd / gateway / parental control X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 23:41:08 -0000 At 11:43 AM 6/29/2007, zbigniew szalbot wrote: >As far as I remember, when installing FBSD I chose not to install >Linux binary compatibility (not sure if that matters though). But my >question is more general. Can Linux software be safely (and >securely) used on a unix platform? I am happy to use squid and >dansguardian, especially that for a home network I do not need a >complete software suites, do I? IPCop that was suggested is NOT a stand-alone application that you can run in linux compat mode. It's an entire linux distro, with O/S, servers and apps all pre-installed & configured. It needs to be installed on a dedicated machine; although the hardware requirements are minimal and it doesn't need to be a fast machine. It might run on a virtual PC if you just wanted to test drive it. It's a 15MB .ISO file you burn to CD and boot to the installer. It can be installed to a bootable USB key if your machine supports those. If you have an old IDE drive 250MB or bigger (everybody does, right?) throw it in a spare machine and try it. You'll need a 2nd NIC unless your WAN connection is serial. I run it with the old 4-port Adaptec NICs found on Ebay for $10. I know some of ya' are grumbling that I'm advocating or even mentioning a linux based package here, but it is a rather kick-ass package, and it is at least non-windoze and open-source ;) -RW