> Why choose a hardware firewall when software can > do that for you. Opensource > from linux is the best firewall i still have.
Because I chose to. Hagibis already mentions the reasons, and would also add physical space requirements and time. Install/configure with linux will take a few hours to days of optimization & performance tweaking. I can buy a hardware solution that exceeds my requirements, all for an hour of work at the office. > You can actually convert a 486 > machine into a firewall/router hardware with > strong/secured firewall rules - > of course with special features not mentioned in > the hardware firewall. This > is if you're cutting cost ;-) I know. As a Linux user, i started with a pentium 133 as my firewall. It all works fine except that the significant other half noticed that MSN messenger voice does not work (upnp support) and CounterStrike is slow. > drop me some email dude. You must be new here... No offence, just an observation. :) regards, Andre Varon http://andre.lasaltech.com -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
