David Brown wrote:
>
> I have just been having a quick look at the plex86 website. As far as I can
> see, it is not yet ready for serious use - is that correct?
>
> I intend to put together a linux server for our company in the near future.
> It should support web servering, a database, email, internet proxy, and
> various other services. I also want it to run as the firewall for access to
> our broadband internet link (when we get it), but I have heard several
> people say that the firewall should be a seperate machine. Would it be
> feasable to use a plex86 virtual machine as a firewall and router? I gather
> from the website that plex86 is at least able to boot linux properly - could
> it then be used to isolate the firewall "machine" from the rest of the Linux
> box?
It is conceivable. I'm not sure how the performance of kernel
code will be in the end. Special guest OS specific drivers for
disk and network card emulation will help boost performance
in that department.
I'm guessing plex86 will be useful for firewall analysis.
But for setting up a real live firewall, I'm thinking you'd
be better off having a separate machine between the outside
and inside world. That's the golden rule for firewalls.
Anways, plex86 isn't ready for this.
-Kevin
