-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 07/27/07 05:34, Ivan Glushkov 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?
Most "home market" routers should also have built-in firewall and dhcp functionality. US$50 at any big mail-order store like NewEgg. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGqfAZS9HxQb37XmcRAm0TAJ91lwB3KO+g50p3HSp0rwsmNt7xYQCZAWDV edBmuBtweLR1PGkNIbVOKs0= =XZZ3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
