On Tue, 21 Mar 2000, Greg Kettmann wrote:
> Hmmm, not to rain on your parade but my usual recomendation is to buy
> something like a Linksys BEFSR41. [URL] It's a 4 port switch with a
> firewall and DHCP server designed to share a cablemodem or DSL connection
> through a house. It's $169 online and saves a lot of hassle.
Yah, but then, that keeps us from deploying Linux as the firewall! ;-)
Seriously, while a home firewall solution like the one you describe can be a
nice and easy way to get things up and running, there are advantages to using
Linux as a firewall:
- More flexible (i.e., can add software to it)
- Generally more configurable
- Software is free
- Hardware is often free ("that old 486 in the closet")
- Source code available
- Strong peer review of security features
- Easily upgradable, forever
- Doesn't tie you into one company for support
- Hack value
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