On Tue, 22 Mar 2005, Zak B. Elep wrote: > Jerome> matured enough (firewalls don't need that much cpu power), > Jerome> although this is no different compared to an old box > Jerome> configured as a firewall. > > Which begs another question: what would you guys consider an `old' > system to be useful as a firewall?
I guess that would depend on the number of rules and the bandwidth... if you are talking a bandwidth of 64K only, an old pc say pentium II/III at 500 Mhz would do quite nicely... -- Kelsey Hartigan Go Linux Registered User #5998 -- 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
