I've been using Coyote Linux (www.coyotelinux.com) which is a single
floppy firewall perfect for home use. Most TCP (and some UDP) games
will work through it. I've played Diablo II through it, and will try
getting HalfLife working this weekend. It's running on a hard-drive-less
K6-2/350 with 16M of RAM.
Free for Linux users. Based off the Linux Router Project
(www.linuxrouter.org).
-Mark
"Kenneth E. Lussier" wrote:
>
> I seem to have missed this entire thread some how, so I will pipe up now
> with my $0.02. Forgive me if this is at all redundant. I would not
> recommend a hardware firewall solution. The firewall on a floppy isn't
> bad (although the configs were tough when I did it), and there are a
> whole host of other things that you can do with a Linux-based system.
> With a hardware device, you are completely limited as to the things that
> you can do based on what the hardware vendor thinks you need. When you
> buy one of these devices, you give up the freedom to do what you want.
> If you decide tha you want to offer service X, the ports that come in
> may not be available. I would personally stick with Linux where you have
> the ability to do as you please.
>
> Just a thought,
> Kenny
>
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Mark Komarinski - Senior Systems Engineer - VA Linux Systems
(cell)978-697-2228
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