> To be honest with you I do not understand Linux , however I should like firewall protection free and good , you mention many firewalls crash. I use Win 2000 Pro and my ICS networking only works without say the Free Zone alarm software. > If I buy a firewall I do not know which to buy . > I also do not know if I was to run under Linux if my metastock charting software would work . Or word or outlook express etc .
The linux based firewall software on my site runs on a seperate computer which goes between your home network and your internet connection. You can continue to run Win2000 or any other operating system on your internal machines. By using an old computer and a linux floppy disk, you can setup a very inexpensive and much more flexible version of a "black-box" type firewall. The commercial versions from Linksys, 3Com, Netgear, et-al have dropped a lot in price lately (at least here in the states), but have pretty limited features sets. If you want something easy to use (it just plugs in), these boxes will work well for you, but the linux based firewalls have much more configuration flexability (you can add multilple interfaces, create VPN tunnels, and lots of other fancy things). If you want help installing a linux based firewall, or just need help determining if it would work well for you, send a bit more information about your internet setup to the LEAF-user list. You can grab the e-mail address from above, and you can subscribe to the list here: http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user Charles Steinkuehler http://lrp.steinkuehler.net http://c0wz.steinkuehler.net (lrp.c0wz.com mirror) ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: ApacheCon, November 18-21 in Las Vegas (supported by COMDEX), the only Apache event to be fully supported by the ASF. http://www.apachecon.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
