packet filtering function

[hangyu]

We are searching vendor to provide packet filtering function , we are consider to buy a product (eg. 3com ) directly or setup a Linux server , the below is typical functions of the product , can linux do all these functions ? thx


audit utilization
performance
track application response times
access performance diagnostics ( tcp health ) , traffic capture

[Alpha977 · Accepted solution]

Hello!

You can try "IPCop".

IPCop is a Linux distribution specific for Firewall.
Provide to Firewalling, packet filtering, and more.

It is light, run on a Pentium 2 233Mhz with 128Mb ram, manage Lan, Wan, Dmz and more.
It is free.
http://www.ipcop.org/

[George Liu_4]

Sure. But please be specific about your questions.