On Wed, 26 Jul 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I was one of the people on vacation during the week of the last meeting
> (centralug) so didn't realize it was cancelled. Just my luck (after
> missing the past couple of meetings) I really wanted to go to this meeting,
> and first went to the Centennial, then the Holiday Inn. Oh well!
>
> Is the firewall topic going to be on next month's agenda? I hope so, cause
> I'm very interested in this issue. I've read some material about a Linux
> based firewall app "Fireplug". Has anyone heard of this, and if so, would
> you recommend it. You can get an evaluation copy at www.edge.fireplug.net.
> The blurb on the software from the site is: "This software will allow you
> to turn a very minimally configured consumer PC (you know that old 486,
> currently being used as a doorstop) into a basic stand alone Internet
> firewall, complete with address translation, proxying, and IP packet
> forwarding." I'm thinking of using a Dell PII 266 with 2.1 gig as a PC
> dedicated to a firewall; is this sufficient? I was considering using an
> IBM Pentium 133 with 1.1 gig, but thought the processor was too slow and
> would create a bottleneck to get info to/from the internet on a SMALL
> network - are my concerns valid or is this P133 sufficient? and you can get
> a one month evaluaation copy).
OK, first thing. I've never seen this fireplug product...however from your
description it seems to do everything that ipchains (A package that comes
free with Linux) does...with the added (dis)advantage of costing money.
As for is a PII 266 enough? How much bandwidth do you have? A 486 can
firewall a T1 line w/o breaking a sweat. So unless you've got multiple
OC-3 connections, I wouldn't worry about it. Use the P133 for the
firewall, then the 266 as the webserver (re: your other message).
--rdp
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