Where would you direct someone who wanted to try that - re both the OS and the firewall software?
-----Original Message----- From: King, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 6:08 AM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: RE: Kinda OT -- Firewall servers and the like (home use) I totally agree. Nice to see other OBSD users on the list. I have been running OpenBSD on a P233 with 64 MB as my home Firewall/Router. OpenBSD is really the best choice for router/firewall installs. The new PF syntax is so great. It is easy to install via FTP, all you need is a boot disk and a network connection and you can have a fully functional system up in 20 minutes. The documentation is also very well done. You could even use a secure(3DES)IPsec to build your own VPN. I can't say enough good things about OpenBSD..! I used to be a Linux user through and through, until I got turned onto OpenBSD. Every thing is well designed and makes sense. Although Mozilla doesn't run natively, but I guess I can't have my cake and eat it too. I even run IceCast on my OpenBSD firewall. Runs like a champ. John -----Original Message----- From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 9:01 AM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: RE: Kinda OT -- Firewall servers and the like (home use) I'd use the 233 and run OpenBSD. In fact, that's exactly what I do at home right now. The dual PPC 100 is going to be harder to find a supporting OS, although I'd figure Linux probably runs on it. ------------------------------------------------------ Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity Atlanta, GA > -----Original Message----- > From: Caraker Shane A SrA 1 CS/SCMV > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 8:54 AM > To: NT 2000 Discussions > Subject: Kinda OT -- Firewall servers and the like (home use) > > > My roommate recently acquired a Dual P233 (think it was a > 233) system and a > Dual Power PC 100mhz system... (not sure the rest of the > specs off hand, i > know one system has 10 2.5gig SCSI Drives)... > > Would either of these be suited for a firewall setup? I'm > assuming some > version of *nix could handle this w/ out a problem, as well > as maybe acting > as a file server (no important files) and a few other misc tasks. > > This sound feasible? and what *nix flavor would be best > suited to something > like this? > > Neither of us are "well versed" in linux/unix, but we're both > familair with > it. > > > thnx > > shane > > > ------ > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
