Jason A. Corcoran. writes:
> Hi there,
>> With the coming of NTL as my local cable manager,
> the option to have a box on-line 24 x 7 is coming
> also. One question, Firewalls. Should I get an
> older box and use it as a dedicated firewall or
> would the overhead be small enough to run a
> firewall on my machine !! ( P III 500 with 128 Mb
> ram 20 Gb HD & SuSe 6.4)
If you can spare a dedicated machine, use it. This way,
you can optimise the kernel for the task at hand, and
also strip the machine to the bare minimum, generally
reducing the risk of break-ins through faulty packages.
It also gives you a second line of defence, i.e. if someone
compromises the box, they're not automatically in your network.
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