Here ya go.... Here is some more info.
Intel SE440BX-2 motherboard (check the revision, the news revs of the board seem to work better) 2 or 3 Intel 82577 Pro100/B NIC Cisco 16MB PIX Flash card (part number: PIX-FLASH-16MB) (or the Cisco 2 meg Pix flash card) 3 1/2" Floppy drive Case/power supply (I bought a 3U rackmounted case from CDW) 128MB DRAM (PC100 Dimm) 350MHZ Processor w/ 512K cache ( I am running a P3-550 CPU) I took this info from a post on @!#$.com There is also a website out there with more info...I am not sure of the link.... Don ----- Original Message ----- From: "patrick ramsey" To: "Andrew Benhase" ; "'Scott Morris'" ; "'Sabertech Networks'" ; ; Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 2:30 PM Subject: Cisco "Franken" Pix Firewall (original author) > Guys/Gals, > I've been swamped with emails asking on how to build a "Franken" > Pix firewall. All I can say is that "anyone" with a little brain can > figure out how to build a "franken" pix firewall. If you don't believe > me, do a "show version" on a Pix 520 and all the informations are > there for you to build a "franken" pix firewall with PC parts. I am > NOT going to help anyone on how to build a "franken" pix firewall > because these information is already available in the public > domain. > I guess I don't want to get into trouble with Cisco for selling the > Flash card. Therefore, I am going to keep these "franken" pix > firewalls for my personal use. I am going to use it for my home > firewall. I have to say without these "franken" pix firewall, I wouldn't > be able to get a 100k/year job as a security engineer. I just recently graduated > with a Master degree from a University but no one would hire me because > I don't have much experiences in the security areas. Therefore, the only that > I can prove myself to the employers is to show them that I can build a "franken" > pix firewall with PC parts. After several interviews, I was hired by a IT security > service firm because they figure if someone is dedicated to build a "franken" > pix firewall to learn, that person must do it because he/she loves it and not > doing it for the money. > Anyway, I always recommend Pix firewalls as a "first line of defense" for > customers because Pix products lines has faster processor and more > memory than a Cisco router. By the way, one of my "franken" pix firewalls > is running on a PIII850MHz with 512MB of RAM. That's equivalent to almost > a PIX535 (PIII 1GHz and 1GB of RAM). I don't need a box to be that powerful > but it can be done..... > I think this is both benefical to both myself and to Cisco because I get more > familiar with the Pix product lines and Cisco can sell more ot its gear. > Again, all the information you need is in "show version". > Patrick > Andrew Benhase wrote:Guys- I really love this thread, it crops up every few weeks or so, and > I'm sure to copy the PIX team on the really funny ones. I can say that > most people (besides Corporate Counsel) find this thread very, very > amusing. And many consider it quite a compliment that hard core security > folks here on this list are that intent on using the PIX OS. Keep up the > interest levels... Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=51401&t=51401 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
