Freesco & IPTables

[Brian Kelsay]

I use freesco and it works fine for the home and is fairly simple to
configure.  The recent release 0.3.1 has made editing the config files
easier.  It used to take a few minutes to remember the command to bring up
the editor.   Now if you go in the "setup" and want to make changes to the
static DNS list it takes you right into the editor, I think it is a clone of
Nano.
IPcop is about 22MB and you have to use a CD to start out.  You can run from
CD and back up your changes to a floppy or load on a hard drive.  Freesco
has the option of the hard drive also with "mv2hd".
Brian

----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Kedrovsky" <>
To: "lug-kc" <kclug@
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 12:23 PM
Subject: Freesco & IPTables

> Somebody posted something this morning about doing a router deal with
> either Freesco or IPCop.
>
> I got onto the IPCop site and did some poking around. Has anyone
> implemented these two, because I'm usure about a couple things. If you
> use one, can you give me some confirmation?
>
> 1. Freesco: does it still use ipchains instead of iptables? Googling
> turned up some b*tching among admins that had to service Freesco, and it
> was about ipfwadm (?).
>
> 2. IPCop: They boast on their web site that they now use iptables in
> v1.3.0 (I downloaded the iso). But, from what I understand, IPCop is not
> a "one-floppy" solution. It requires a hdd. Is that right? Or have I not
> read far enough?
>
> Thanks ahead of time.
>
> -Greg
>