Bootable CD w/OS for firewall

[jkinz at kinz.org (Jeff Kinz)]

On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 12:50:02PM -0400, Don Levey wrote:
> Bob wrote:
> > Don Levey wrote:
> >> [...] I wand to create a bootable "live CD" for my firewall.
> >> Basically, I want to keep all the configuration static, and if I need
> >> to change the rules, I'd burn another CD. Part of the twist is that I
> >> want to have a small hard drive around for /var to keep logs, and
> >> whatever state info needs to be writable.
> >
............SNIPPAGE.........
> >
> The intent was for me to use the iptables config information I've already
> developed.  The machine will, in the end, be a gateway router/firewall,
> sending traffic to one of two subnets: one for the server machines, and one
> to the desktop machines.  OK, I know this can be a bit much for a home
> network, but with 8 active machines now and at least three more coming
> online at some point soon, I want a little more control and protection that
> what my Linksys provides.

This looks like it might be a dead on match for your needs:
http://www.morphix.org/modules/news/

QUOTE:
Morphix is a modular GNU/Linux livecd-enabled distribution (you burn the
CD, you put it in your CD-Rom drive, you boot and it works... no
harddisk-installation necessary, doesn't touch your data).

It even has a "Recipes" section:
http://www.morphix.org/modules/sections/index.php?op=viewarticle&artid=13


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