ClosedBSD 1.0-RC1 Released As An ISO

An Anonymous Coward writes: "Remember ClosedBSD? Guess what? Now there is a bootable CDROM version available. Check it out here. In case you forgot, ClosedBSD is powerful firewall distribution based on the FreeBSD kernel. Best of all: It is free software that can be distributed under the terms of the BSD license. Definately worth checking out."

woohoo

[DrSkwid]

this seriously rocks, for all my computer buddies who have 386's lying around but still run windows and aren't techie enough to see beyond "linux cba to learn all that stuff just to run a firewall, I have ZoneAlarm what more do i need"

This is the sort of thing one can drop in a client's LAN and forget about it!

wtg.

Re:woohoo

[DreamerFi]

Or you could use the firewall at www.dubbele.com [dubbele.com]

-John

Re:woohoo

[DrSkwid]

actually if we're going to recommend things then I always suggest spending the 150 quid on the Linksys BEFSR41 [linksys.com]
no bulky / noisy PC to deal with
no trouble getting the right NICs
blinkenlights

Re:woohoo

[strictnein]

Unfortunately this route (the Linksys route) is no where near as secure as the ClosedBSD route. And that's the whole point, to have an secure setup.

Re:woohoo

[DrSkwid]

no where near as secure

how?

Re:woohoo

[Anonymous Coward]

386s usually can't boot from a CD drive.

Re:woohoo

[xtremex]

My only problem w/ ClosedBSD is the lack of remote admin. Right now, my firewall is in the basement. Why run down 2 flights of stairs to add a forwarded port. Until remote admin (ssh ) is available for it, I ain't using it...sorry.

Bootable from CD, nice

[jaydho]

According to their FAQ [closedbsd.org] you can just burn the image to CD and it's bootable (like the floppy version was.) Handy for newer systems with no floppy, or for a bit more reliability.

Re:Bootable from CD, nice

[Bishop]

Yippy Skippy.

This isen't such a big deal. Bootable CDs aren't execatly hard to make. (hint: mkisofs -b floppy.img -c boot.cat)

Re:*BSD is dying

[coene]

!misinformation =)

Interesting

[dh003i]

Interesting that an Open Sourced, Free as in freedom, piece of software is called "ClosedBSD".

Could they have marketed this one any worse?

Sorta like calling a tampon "Scratchatex".

Re:Interesting

[fliplap]

Yeah, since marketing is a big deal for a not-for-any-profit-what-so-ever project like this.

no humerous

[Ratso Baggins]

I read it as a light hearted dig at the openBSD crew.

Re:Interesting

[Swaffs]

I always thought that OpenBSD was a funny name for what thrives to be the most secure OS on the planet. Its all in how you look at it.

Re:Interesting

[h0ss]

It's a little funny, but it's also a way to get me to say "Closed? wazzup with that? Maybe I'll take a look-see". Which is probably one of the things they were looking for.

Uh....lots

[sethadam1]

Read their site! ClosedBSD fits onto a single floppy! There's NOTHING non-essential in ClosedBSD. It's stripped down to virtually nothing but the kernel and a few functionalities that enable you to run a NAT/firewall/proxy.

Re:Uh....lots

[bpalmer]

So does picobsd [picobsd.org] EmBSD [embsd.org] won't fit on a floppy but it's a shrunk down version of OpenBSD. Seems like the closedBSD guys are reinventing the wheel.

It'd be nice to see it support...

[SIGFPE]

...pppoe and wireless so it can be used as a wireless DSL router/gateway.