Re: which distribution to choose

I think you'll find lots of options and opinions. I would suggest 
hardened Gentoo ;-)

http://www.gentoolinux.org/proj/en/hardened/index.xml

An advantage of Gentoo other some others is that it will give you easy 
customization to your specific needs.

> On Thursday 02 Dec 2004 16:31, Jochen Witte wrote:
> 
>>Hello,
>>
>>I would like to set up a firewall to protect a small company network. What
>>I would like to have is some kind of VPN solution (OpenVPN and ipsec),
>>iptables firewalling and a secure distribution with some additional
>>sec-related sofware (tripwire etc.). Also I need to run an Apache for
>>proxy-requests.
>>
>>My question is, which distribution to choose for such a
>>setup. I would prefer a standard distribution for easy updates and
>>community support. A specific "security-enhanced" distribution would do it
>>also, if it is not too "pure" :)
>>
>>Any suggestions?
>>
>>Regards
>>Jochen