Re: minimal firewall computer

2007-07-27 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/27/07 20:58, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 08:44:40PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 07/27/07 15:03, John Hasler wrote: >>> Doug writes: What did you have to do to get Debian Etch to run with a 20 M drive? >>> That wa

Re: minimal firewall computer

2007-07-27 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 08:44:40PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 07/27/07 15:03, John Hasler wrote: > > Doug writes: > >> What did you have to do to get Debian Etch to run with a 20 M drive? > > > > That was supposed to be 2G. Don't know where 20M came from. Wouldn't be > > hard, though (and it

Re: minimal firewall computer

2007-07-27 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/27/07 15:03, John Hasler wrote: > Doug writes: >> What did you have to do to get Debian Etch to run with a 20 M drive? > > That was supposed to be 2G. Don't know where 20M came from. Wouldn't be > hard, though (and it isn't running Etch). You

Re: minimal firewall computer

2007-07-27 Thread John Hasler
Doug writes: > What did you have to do to get Debian Etch to run with a 20 M drive? That was supposed to be 2G. Don't know where 20M came from. Wouldn't be hard, though (and it isn't running Etch). > If you're _really_ focused on _optimal_ security, a case could be made > for running OpenBSD on

Re: minimal firewall computer

2007-07-27 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 07:13:18AM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Ivan Glushkov writes: > > ISP <-> DSL Modem <-> Firewall <-> Router <-> home desktop & laptops > > You won't need a seperate router. The Debian box you are going to use as a > firewall will do everything the router does. > > > The qu

Re: minimal firewall computer

2007-07-27 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 12:34:21PM +0200, Ivan Glushkov wrote: > > 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

Re: minimal firewall computer

2007-07-27 Thread koffiejunkie
Ari Constancio wrote: Hi, Wireless routers such as the venerable Linksys WRT54GL can use 3rd-party firmware like OpenWRT and voilá... instant Linux router (with iptables and such). Some, like the Netgear DG834, is already running Linux with iptables. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: minimal firewall computer

2007-07-27 Thread Ari Constancio
Hi, Wireless routers such as the venerable Linksys WRT54GL can use 3rd-party firmware like OpenWRT and voilá... instant Linux router (with iptables and such). Ari Constancio On 7/27/07, John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ron Johnson writes: > > Most "home market" routers should also have b

Re: minimal firewall computer

2007-07-27 Thread John Hasler
Ron Johnson writes: > Most "home market" routers should also have built-in firewall and dhcp > functionality. A crappy firewall with no security support made by people with a reputation for shipping buggy software. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Re: minimal firewall computer

2007-07-27 Thread Ron Johnson
-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

Re: minimal firewall computer

2007-07-27 Thread John Hasler
Ivan Glushkov writes: > ISP <-> DSL Modem <-> Firewall <-> Router <-> home desktop & laptops You won't need a seperate router. The Debian box you are going to use as a firewall will do everything the router does. > The question is actually what is the minimal CPU/RAM/HDD requirement for > this P

Re: minimal firewall computer

2007-07-27 Thread Semih Gokalp
sorry not celeron it is pentium-s sorry for my fault. On 27/07/07, Semih Gokalp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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

Re: minimal firewall computer

2007-07-27 Thread Semih Gokalp
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, > >

minimal firewall computer

2007-07-27 Thread Ivan Glushkov
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