*1.2.3-RC3, nanobsd on a Netgate Alix board with 256 MB RAM and a 8GB CF card. The firmware and all have been updated.
Have been playing around with this box as a firewall for the last couple of weeks. Then I did the unthinkable and ventured out of my comfort shell. Installed DNS Blacklist, Snort and Backup. Well, I can report that Backup runs without problems. Initially DNS Blacklist ran but then I installed the dreaded pig... Snort. I had to try a few times for the install to take. Then Snort ran and I got even bolder. I turned on a bunch of rules without knowing what they actually did. And that did me in. Keeping my eye on the RAM - I reached 84% and then it happened. As Snort rules get exercised, memory usage skyrockets and froze my little Alix box. So, my question really is how far can these little machines be pushed? Mehma *
