ipcop-user

[IPCop-user] ipcop setup

[mick w. <he...@wo...>]

Hi, this is my first post to the list, I'm a computer (mature) student with
no knowledge of Linux.   I will be studying Linux next semester at college,
but at the moment I want to set up a small network at home on a low budget.
It will most likely have about 5 pcs on it.   I want to let my kids onto the
internet but I want to have some control over what they may run into.

 

I don't know if i may want to put in a web server at some point, I might
want to run a mailing list, I have a mailing list right now with about 800
subscribers which I have hosted for me, I could run it from home it's
usually only 100 to 200 messages per day, text only.

 

I have installed ipcop on an old box 400 MHz pentium2 with 385 mb ram 8 gig
hd which I think may be sufficient for what I need.   It's up and running,
and I'm connecting through it now, it goes through an isp provided dsl
router which supplies an external ip address on login.   The router does
dhcp and ipcop does dhcp too, should I turn off the dhcp in the router?   Or
does it not matter?

 

I read some stuff about installing peerguardian on the ipcop box, that seems
like a good idea, but I don't know the basics of how to move files around
and install programs in Linux.   I'm more familiar with Windows and Dos.  I
know that peerguardian blocks out some good stuff, like Google, and even my
own website, and this can be handled in Windows with an allow list built
into PG2 called permallow, how do I do that in Linux?

http://tuxtraining.com/2008/06/05/filter-out-riaampaa-with-peerguardian-on-i
pcop/

 

For antivirus I read about copfilter, Is there a good guide to setting that
up?   It looks like it might be complicated for a Linux newbie.   Is there a
preferred order to install?

 

I'd be grateful for any advice, and apologies if any of my questions are
inappropriate for this list.

 

Regards

 

Mick.w.

 

 

Re: [IPCop-user] ipcop setup

[Fajar P. <fa...@gm...>]

On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 10:32 PM, mick winnett <he...@wo...>
wrote:

> I have installed ipcop on an old box 400 MHz pentium2 with 385 mb ram 8 gig
> hd which I think may be sufficient for what I need.   It's up and running,
> and I'm connecting through it now, it goes through an isp provided dsl
> router which supplies an external ip address on login.   The router does
> dhcp and ipcop does dhcp too, should I turn off the dhcp in the router?
> Or
> does it not matter?
>

I think the router's dhcp is giving ip to ipcop, and ipcop's dhcp is giving
ip to your lan. So, it's ok to run both.


> For antivirus I read about copfilter, Is there a good guide to setting that
> up?   It looks like it might be complicated for a Linux newbie.   Is there
> a
> preferred order to install?
>

For any ipcop's addons, the general rules of thumb are:
1. Download the version for your ipcop's version.
2. Copy the downloaded addon into your ipcop through scp.
example: scp -P 222 filename.tar.gz root@ipcopipaddress:
3. Connect to ipcop by ssh or from the console
4. Find and extract the file:
tar zxvf filename.tar.gz
5. Usually there will be a directory with the same filename name.
Go into it: cd directoryname.
6. Do: ls
See if there's a readme file. Follow the instruction.
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Re: [IPCop-user] ipcop setup

[David T. <dav...@pa...>]

> 
> For any ipcop's addons, the general rules of thumb are:
> 1. Download the version for your ipcop's version.
> 2. Copy the downloaded addon into your ipcop through scp.
> example: scp -P 222 filename.tar.gz root@ipcopipaddress:
> 3. Connect to ipcop by ssh or from the console
> 4. Find and extract the file:
> tar zxvf filename.tar.gz
> 5. Usually there will be a directory with the same filename name.
> Go into it: cd directoryname.
> 6. Do: ls
> See if there's a readme file. Follow the instruction.

I just want to add that I use WinSCP because it has a gui and runs on
windows.  It will also launch putty for you so you can install the untar and
install the package after it is copied over.
I think the OP would probably get a bit out or reading the admin guide for
Advproxy, as it goes into it a little bit I think.
There must be a guide somewhere on using winscp and ipcop to install an
addon?  A bit of trial and error goes a long ways for first timers, do not
be afraid, just get stuck into it.  Worst case is you have to re-install
IPCop from scratch.

Maybe the OP would like to look into using BOT, to really lock it down or
perhaps just using OPENDNS and the kid safe filters as DNS servers is
enough?

-- 
Dave Taylor