On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 17:39:33 +1200 Roger Searle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >better IMHO to spend $200 on an old headless machine, install a linux > >imap server on it and log in from your laptop over the network. cheaper > >than vmware :-) > > > > > > > > Or set up an IPcop box and use for the imap server too? Can this be > done successfully with a dial-up connection too, the modem being one of > the "zones"? Perhaps that can be a question to ask you later. > (broadband is not available where I live) I have some part boxes that I > can combine into a suitable box one rainly weekend when I have nothing > else to do... conventional wisdom says keep all unnecessary software off your firewall. It should be as simple and clean as possble with minimal risk of compromise. Adding other software to ipcop is not a simple task, as it has to be compiled on another machine and then added via scp. It is possible to build a gateway/firewall and add other software to it, if you want to ignore the "conventional wisdom" I refer to above. ClarkConnect, and SME server take this approach to a certain extent. http://www.clarkconnect.org/projects/home.php <quote>ClarkConnect transforms standard PC hardware into a dedicated broadband gateway and easy-to-use server. The award-winning Linux-based solution includes firewall and security tools, along with file, print, web, e-mail, proxy, antivirus, antispam, content filtering and VPN servers. The ClarkConnect system can act as a firewall/gateway for your network, or as a standalone server on your LAN. <quote> (Clark Connect is one of those companies that now have a GPL free edition and a Commercial Edition with added features. When i last used it several versions ago it used standard redhat packages, and was built using a hacked redhat. I don't know what the current position is. It made adding software and services very easy if you knew redhat systems.) for sme server see here: http://www.e-smith.org/ (SME server started life as e-smith, a gpl free system. It was bought by Mitel networks and like CC has a free GPl version and an enhanced commercial version) > > [Cheapest option is the free copy of Virtual PC ms gave me a few weeks > ago, which apparently will run linux (though it's not listed as > supported on the case ;-) ) but I don't really see that as the answer.] > > Roger -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
