> > $1,000 i could buy a 1 Ghz Pentium machine (sans monitor) loaded up
> > :)
>
>   Do you understand why this machine would be a poor basis for a
> firewall?

With the advent of custom kernels in *BSD and Linux, building a
stripped-down OS to run as a firewall is not that difficult if you're
concerned about other layers in the OS.

--
Michael T. Babcock
CTO, FibreSpeed

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