[RndTbl] software-based firewall appliance - opinions?

[Adam Thompson]

I'm looking for an "appliance-style" software firewall distribution. 
Appliance as in I don't want to just do a general OS install, because 
non-technical users will have to do some administration of it at a later 
date.

Short list so far:
BSDRP
m0n0wall
pfSense
SmoothWallVyatta 
Core

One key problem is that I expect to need 802.1Q VLAN tagging support, 
which is why I'm not installing a Linksys WRT54G as the "firewall".  I 
also want at least a rudimentary GUI, as it won't always be technical 
people who need to make changes to the firewall configuration.

I'd love to hear from you if you've used any of the above.

-Adam Thompson
 <athompso at athompso.net>
 (204) 291-7950