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> 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).
This is basically a repackage of a stock Linux kernel, with a whole lot of
network card drivers, and ipchains. I wouldn't pay a dime for it, becouse
*ANY* distro out there can handle this just fine.
As far as the hardware requirments, I have a 486/33 with 8 megs RAM serving
up my home network, doing exactly what your talking about, booting from a
floppy created by http://www.coyotelinux.com/coyote.html
They have two versions, basically, a 'Free version', and a for charge
version. The charge version is actually a Win32 app that asks you a series of
configuration questions, and makes your boot disk directly from a Win32 box.
The Free version is the same thing, but it's only 'automation' is basically a
shell script that does the same exact thing..
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