[Asterisk-Users] IP Cop as a firewall and QOS

[Casey Boone]

i have never used ipcop in conjunction with asterisk (just starting 
asterisk) but i have used ipcop quite a bit.  ipcop is a GREAT 
alternative to appliance firewalls and does almost anything i  have ever 
needed to do.  it is easy to install and easy to maintain and just 
works.  the hardest thing is the way they name their interfaces and it 
isnt all that hard.

red is the internet port
green is the local lan port
orange (if you have one) is the DMZ
blue (if you have one) is for wireless

typically you just need to worry about red and green

i set up a series of vpn links based on  some cheap celeron 1.7s with 
256megs of ram and i could saturate a 100MBit connection without the ip 
cop machine breaking a sweat (this was during testing,  would have went 
with much lower powered machines except for the great deal the company i 
worked for had for those boxes.)

i would try it and see personally, find a box you are willing to use for 
an ipcop test and go to it.



Casey Boone

Mojo Jojo wrote:
> We are looking for a good firewall replacement which will basically do 
> pot blocking and QOS.
> 
> Our current solution just plain stinks..
> 
> We basically need to handle the traffic of a few web servers, mail 
> server and asterisk box. The most traffic this device will need to 
> handle is what can be shoved through a T1.
> 
> I don't mind buying an appliance to get something solid but IP Cop just 
> looks better than he appliances I see out there.
> 
> I am only concerned if it is stable for a production environment. It 
> says it's designed for a SOHO environment, we are doing a bit more than 
> that.
> 
> Will this thing hold up? Can it be trusted?
> 
> Anyone using this for QOS and Asterisk in a production setup.
> 
> Any thoughts or suggestions or warnings would be appreciated!
> 
> Thanks!
> 
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