On Thu, 21 Feb 2002, Francois Haasbroek wrote: > > Every LUG that I visit has some stuff on using an old 486 as firewall. > Some claim that you can do it without a hard drive even. So I thought > a 350 MB disk with 32 MB Ram should do the job. I have to host 2 files
I think this concept is becoming a myth unless you want a REALLY minimalist gateway box with almost bugger all firewalling and a POTS modem, and are prepared to gut the kernel extensively. I do know that 486s won't drive ISDN cards reliably (been there, done that) and if you do any extensive firewalling or proxying then its also a no-brainer. -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people Contact detail at http://www.lannetlinux.com "I believe that forgiving them [terrorists] is God's function. Our job is simply to arrange the meeting." - General "Storm'n" Norman Schwartzkopf -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
