[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: firewall/router to protect M$ box

[Johnny Cybermyth]

Sorry about the multiple posts, but I just remembered why I wanted a 
dedicated computer for a firewall.  I was messing with my main box a lot 
and had to do a lot of hardware swapping, repartitioning, and misc other 
things that would have constantly interrupted Internet service to the 
other computers in the house.  I wanted to break the tie between MY 
computer and everyone else's happiness.

  tr_data1 wrote:
>>From: Johnny Cybermyth <djcybermyth at sbcglobal.net>
>>Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Re: Discuss Digest, Vol 31, Issue 19
>>
>>I have a DSL account with SBC Yahoo!.  I set my home network up 
>>using an older p2 box running a stripped down version of suse(v6.2
>>I think) as a firewall/router.
>>
>>[chg to h/w firewall/router resulted in insufficient protection to M$]
> 
> 
> That's my belief as to what would happen. I was kind of hoping that the
> h/w ones were more robust by now. Some even talk about SPI and
> DoS protection. I'd rather not have a monthly/yearly expense of virus
> protection s/w on the M$ box either if going through a firewall catches
> most things. 
> 
> If your main box was/is Linux, would you still have a separate machine
> for the firewall/router? I have a k6/233 not being used right now but
> it doesn't seem worth the elec$/heat/space expense vs running on my
> main box. What are the advantages? I can't imagine such a task would
> consume much ram/cpu/disk. Right? Or is it a matter have having all
> the ports, etc more tightly controlled on the firewall/router box?
> =TR=
> 
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