It depends on how secure you want it to be if all you need is basic NAT and some packet filtering it is not a *really* bad idea. If you want anything more than that I would not do it.
---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Mark Simos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 12:13:47 -0400 >I am looking to put together a Debian based firewall and a mail server > -how bad of an idea is it to host them on the same machine? > (please explain how dumb it is, if so) > >How much power would I need (CPU/RAM/HD) to make it (or each of them) >work? > >I just browse at home and download the occasional files and would like >to learn how to configure various mail and firewall packages. not too >much strain. > >Thanks! > >Mark > >p.s. please cc to me directly on replies > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >