You hit the nail on the head :) Old computers are cheap and firewall distributions are plentiful. Why expose everything in your network to save almost nothing! I like Smoothwall myself. -- JD Austin Twin Geckos Technology Services LLC j...@twingeckos.com 480.288.8195x201 http://www.twingeckos.com
Fran Lebowitz - "Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep." On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 3:59 AM, kitepi...@kitepilot.com < kitepi...@kitepilot.com> wrote: > >> allowing me to keep the box hooked up for its "tv" centric features. > DON'T!!! > > A firewall, is a firewall and is a firewall. > In my perpetually delusional state of paranoia, I don't allow ANYTHING not > indispensable on my firewall. > And even though, I look for ways to eradicate... > > My firewalls run in LFS with ONLY what is essentially needed for the job. > > I even tried once "Debian from Scratch" and could not digest the amount of > junk they insisted on putting in. > > my mantra: > DO NOT USE YOUR FIREWALL FOR ANYTHING ELSE BUT THE FIREWALL. > YMMV > Enrique. > > PS: The fact that I am paranoid doesn't mean that they are not after me... > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >
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