Other than the obvious licensing issues (Win2k+ISA is probably $2000 USD
worth of software), the 233 is the only box fast enough to support Win2k.

I'd use the 133 or 166 with OpenBSD as a firewall

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Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE
Sr. Systems Administrator
Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity
Atlanta, GA


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Okunoren, Tunde (CSC) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
> Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 8:53 AM
> To: NT 2000 Discussions
> Subject: RE: Kinda OT -- Firewall servers and the like (home use)
> 
> 
> pretty interesting threads going on but I too want to keep 
> this back on
> track....
> 
> I have a few old pcs - dual P90, p133, p166 & pII233 doing absolutely
> nothing.
> Also have a little NAT Netgear acting as a Firewall\Router. 
> So which way should I swing :-
> WIN2K with ISA or Openbsd (not familiar with either, but 
> fastracking from
> NT4 to WIN2K).
> 
> Finally apart from using the remaining boxes as browser 
> machines what other
> use can I put them too. 
> 
> Cheers.......... 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Len Conrad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 06 December 2002 13:30
> To: NT 2000 Discussions
> Subject: RE: Kinda OT -- Firewall servers and the like (home use)
> 
> 
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> 
> 
> >Actually, in practice Free has been less secure. Not as much 
> less as the
> >penguin, but less than OpenBSD. There *is* a reason OBSD has 
> a very unique
> >moniker with respect to their default install.
> 
> hey, a *BSD pissing match on an MS list!  :))
> 
> obsd is more secure, but "in practice" fbsd is just as good, 
> esp for the 
> situation discussed.
> 
> Anyway, I doubt hardly anybody here wants to get into *nix at 
> all anyway.
> :))
> 
> Len
> 
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