One problem with using plex86 (or vmware) as a firewall:
The virtual firewall machine will have a virtual network interface also.
How are you going to plug a real wire into a virtual interface ;-).
I guess a real firewall needs two real interfaces, one for the 'dirty'
side of the network (eg internet) and one for the 'clean' side.
Jeff
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?
>
> David Brown
> System Developer
> WestControl a.s
> Norway
