[ubuntu-za] Gateway server

Lee Sharp leesharp at hal-pc.org
Thu Mar 4 23:23:22 GMT 2010


Charl Wentzel wrote:

> Thanks Nico, this is quite useful.  Too bad they don't have a nice
> gateway server in that list.  I need to configure a server for a
> customer with the following:
> 
> 1. Proxy server (e.g. Squid) with internet usage logging and access
> control (password to access the internet)
> 2. Automatic routing between ADSL and 3G backup
> 3. Dynamic DNS for site (e.g. no-ip/dynDNS) so site is always accessible
> when routing changes (ADSL/3G/iBurst/etc)
> 4. OpenVPN for remote access
> 
> It should not have anything else, e.g.
> 1. no DNS service/domain controller
> 2. no Samba print/file server
> 
> This should purely be a gateway
> 
> Anybody aware of existing projects like this?

I have worked with Untangle a bit.  It is a nice package, and the FOSS 
version is very powerful.  It is a real "set it and forget it" box.

			Lee



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