[32015] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Security on a home DSL Line
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Shawn McMahon)
Fri Nov 3 08:53:21 2000
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 08:51:22 -0500
From: Shawn McMahon <smcmahon@eiv.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
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On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 03:38:23PM -0800, J. Gilmore wrote:
>=20
> I'm looking to beef up security on a home DSL line.=20
> Currently I am using ZoneAlarm (the freeware version).
> I'm thinking of taking an old Pentium 120, and
> setting that up as a firewall, but wanted to know if
> anyone else had a better idea. =20
Well, if your place of business will buy you a copy of their firewall,
that will enhance your ability to support the tool, making this whole
thread marginally on-topic. :-)
Otherwise, your idea is perfect; Linux or OpenBSD, whichever you're
more comfortable with, will give you the most flexibility, and Solaris x86
might work but will be dog-slow and unless you have a lot of RAM,
completely unusuable.
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