Probably the most expensive part is the $10/month (or whatever) that you're
paying in electricity costs. In the long run, you'll most likely save money
with a single, more powerful, machine.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joel Gridley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: July 21, 1999 2:38
> To: Derek Martin
> Cc: Jen; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Cheap Windows-based firewall?
>
>
>
> On Tue, 20 Jul 1999, Derek Martin wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, Jen wrote:
> >
> > > Windows-based firewall? Unfortunately, she cannot use
> Linux, as she needs
> > > both her NT server and her Win 95 client for her work.
> >
> > You can buy an old 486 at a computer show nowadays for
> under $100 or so,
> > and linux runs great on such a machine. Makes a great
> firewall and is
> > cheaper than most firewall software.
> >
>
>
> An additional plus to this is that while using a 486 you're
> not tempted
> to run all sorts of services on the bastion host, thereby
> making it more
> secure than if you were running it on something bigger(but
> running every
> service you can fit on it).
>
> I've got three 486's at home running linux, and each one cost
> less than
> $25 each. Most expensive thing with them is the dataswitcher
> ($28), so I
> didn't have to get a seperate monitor/keyboard for each.
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