I used to run an old linux laptop with two NICs as my firewall, but I played a bit with DD-WRT and now I'm an evangelist.
DD-WRT is based on an embedded Linux kernel and provides a great set of features, including time based filters, web GUI, ssh access and a real unix command line as well as VPN, traffic shaping and a host of other great services. I generally advocate the Motorola WR850G's, as they allow you to load the DD-WRT firmware from the factory web interface, whereas many other devices require a "hack". Supported hardware is listed here:http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices, if you have a SOHO wireless G router, there's a good chance DD-WRT will run on it. That reminds me, there's a new release I should go try out. :-) Steve Willoughby wrote: > This is where it's an advantage to setting up an old PC as a firewall > for your network. Stick Linux on it, set up your filtering rules, and > let it sit between your home network and the outside world. You can > then have it block that PC's access to the Internet via cron scripts, > possibly even selectively, between certain times, and there's nothing > that anything done on that PC (short of a modem with dialup access) can > do to override that. > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
