On Fri, 2006-12-29 at 10:37 -0500, fredex wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 29, 2006 at 01:41:54PM +0000, Josh Donovan wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I use CentOS as a firewall/proxy/webserver/fileserver
> > in my small network. As the small-spec machine with
> > CentOS is heavily loaded/used I can't afford downtime.
> > 20 GB, pentium II with only 128 MB RAM.
> >
> > However I want to know the news on 4.5 is it due soon?
> > Can I gain more by running CentOS 3.x range on such an
> > old machine like mine?
> >
> > Will CentOS 5.0 mean you need a minimum of 512 RAM?
> > What is the latest on this?
> >
> > Are there any addons for CentOS such as
> > squidguard/dansguardian etc? that can assist in
> > parental controls?
> >
>
> Not directly answering your question, but...
>
> You may wish to investigate one of the small standalone firewall
> distributions such as Smoothwall, IPCop, or m0n0wall (bsd-based).
> They will all easily run in 128mb, and are easy to configure.
> They are all easy to install.
>
> M0n0wall looks intriguing, I may give it a try here someday,... it runs
> from non-writable media such as a CD and saves config on a floppy. It
> can be run from a hard drive or a flash memory card of some sort too.
> The obvious advantage is that if someone cracks the machine they can't
> do any damage (to it, directly) because it's not writable.
>
> And you really shouldn't be running web- or file-servers on your firewall,
> the more stuff running on it the more opportunities you present for an
> evil person/entity to crack it.
>
> I'd suggest using one of the above then put another machine in a DMZ
> to do web server duty (if it is supposed to be externally visible--
> otherwise put it on another machine INSIDE the firewall on the "green"
> (allegedly safe) network).
>
> I'm running Smoothwall Express 2.0 on my old K6-2/500 machine with
> 128MB of memory and a 3 or 4 gig drive. It just runs and runs and runs
> and doesn't come anywhere near using up all the memory. Before that
> box became available I ran it on things similar to P90 or AMD K5, both
> around 90-100 Mhz for several years with 64MB of ram and it ran just
> fine on those machines too.
>
> Fred
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