In TechRepublic, Rick Vanover says that provisioning a highly functional yet inexpensive remote network solution for remote sites is a continually evolving challenge. Vanover says that he has started an endeavor that will be considering the ClarkConnect Internet gateway distribution of Linux. The ClarkConnect gateway is based on Red Hat Linux and the 2.6 kernel. ClarkConnect is a full-featured distribution that includes most features that would be needed to facilitate access from a remote site. The open source version of ClarkConnect does not include the full inventory of features included in the commercial editions, but it does provide a comprehensive inventory of features as built.
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