I have used same system in my home and i have used Celeron 133 Mhz,32 MB SD-Ram,2 ethernet card,1.2 and 2.1 Gb HDD for firewall(iptables for local LAN and WAN) and other some services.Its enought for me.I haven't got a problem.
On 27/07/07, Ivan Glushkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I have a 2 MBit DSL connection at home and I have more or less classical > scheme ISP <-> DSL Modem <-> Router <-> home desktop & laptops. Since > recently somebody hacked into my windowz computer I started thinking of > adding a firewall. Since connecting my desktop between the router and > the modem is not an option (it must run windowz due to other members of > my family), I am thinking of buying the cheapest possible second hand > computer which still has two free PCI slots on which to install minimal > Debian (no graphics, only firewall), plug two 10/100 Ethernet cards and > add it in my scheme like this: > > ISP <-> DSL Modem <-> Firewall <-> Router <-> home desktop & laptops > > The question is actually what is the minimal CPU/RAM/HDD requirement for > this PC? And do you think this is the optimal solution for an intrusion > protection of a small home LAN? > > Cheers, > Ivan > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Iyi calismalar.Basarilar... Semih Gokalp Marmara Universitesi Istanbul/Turkiye
