On Sat, September 22, 2007 6:31 pm, Gus Wirth wrote: > Bob La Quey wrote: >> Before the days of the cheap router/firewall from Frys many of >> us used the Linux Router Project or its fork the LEAF to run >> our/router firewalls on old 486 hardware. >> >> I suggest that there is no better way to learn Linux, routing >> and firewalls than to get an old box like this (when you can >> find them they tend to be free, an old portable will do) and >> a couple of NICs. Go to the LEAF project website, download >> and start to play. >> >> http://leaf.sourceforge.net/ >> >> The only cost for all of this is your time. >> >> I had one of these that simply set in the corner and ran for >> several years. The only time I rebooted it was when we had a >> power failure. > [snip] > > I recommend Brazil Firewall (previously known as Coyote Linux Firewall) > <http:www.brazilfw.com.br>. It fits on a single floppy, is very easy to > use and you can create the floppy from either Linux or MS Windows. I > used to use it a lot on a shoebox computer that would autodial a modem > on usage. > > Lan Barnes gave me a couple of '486 shoebox PC's which I have > transferred to George Geller. If he's not doing anything with them, > maybe you (Andrew McHorney) can get one and play with it. > > Gus > >
Let it be known that Lan Barnes gave them to Gus because a d-link router is worlds easier to work with. But it's true that the education that came through struggling through setting it up back when it was the CB way to go has been invaluable. -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
