I have a 486/66 12MB ram, no HDD, 2 xNE2000 clones running Coyote Linux http://www.coyotelinux.com http://www.dalantech.com/coyote.shtml Telstra ADSL very stable and easy to configure + lots of add-ons
an I'm practically Linux illiterate Matt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Palmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Howard Lowndes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'SLUG'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 10:38 AM Subject: RE: [SLUG] Linux and Telstra ADSL > On Fri, 22 Feb 2002, Howard Lowndes 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. > > As long as the services themselves aren't running on the firewall (and we > don't do that, now, do we?) proxying and firewalling is no problems for a > 486. We've got a DX2/66 running our firewall here, and it's got a firewall > script with about 40 rules - lots of port forwarding, a transparent squid > proxy, and NAT. Load average never gets a digit other than 0 in it - unless > I'm ssh'd in to do something - then it gets to about 0.4. (I type fast). > > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > #include <disclaimer.h> > Matthew Palmer > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
