i agree on pfsense. its not linux, but its unix... still rock solid. 

On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 4:41 PM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
@Shadrack,

If you don't mind another OS, then one of the easiest and fastest ways of getting a Firewall and Proxy running is by use of pfSense (which is based on FreeBSD).




On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 16:21, Shadrack Mwaniki <shadrack_mwaniki@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi Guys,
I plan to set-up a firewall and a proxy server using a Linux box.
Which is the best distro for quick implementation of the firewall and proxy server

Regards
Shad

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