ubuntu on firewalls

Matthew Flaschen matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu
Mon Mar 2 17:57:44 UTC 2009


Guy Thouret wrote:
> Why not take a look at Untangle (http://www.untangle.com).  It's a free
> Ubuntu based firewall/network security distro.  The interface mskes it
> extremely easy to use.

What makes you say it's based on Ubuntu?  According to
http://wiki.untangle.com/index.php/Upstream_Projects it's actually based
on Knoppix and thus Debian Sarge.  Moreover, it appears to be more of a
fork than a "variant" like e.g. Ubuntu JeOS or Ubuntu Studio.

Matt Flaschen




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