Keith O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I now have come by two old machines that I want to employ, but > before I throw mt self at it, I want to know if they are up to the > task, and also if they are, will they likley remain suitable for the > tasks as new versions of software are released > > 1: I have a 133MHz pentium, 1Gb disk and 32Mb ram. I want to use > this as a firewall. > > 2: Also an 400MHz AMD K6-2, 6Gb disk and 80Mb ram. This is to be a > name server and an email server > > Neither of them will have X on them, so what I need to know is; > a: they are not up to the tasks > b: they are just up to the tasks > c: they are easily up to the tasks
(c), they are easily up to the tasks. I suspect you're not going to deal with a huge amount of traffic, so the first machine would actually be more than sufficient for all of these tasks, hardware-wise. (Whether you can accomplish your firewalling goals is a separate question, and you very well may want a separate machine rather than trying to convince bind to only talk to one interface.) (At home, I have a Pentium/100 running potato as a firewall. Deals just fine.) -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell
