I agree with Chris. I have two Linksi(is that correct?) gateways, but I chose to make my redhat 8 box the router & I just use them as switches. You will be far better of (not to mention all the control that you will gain,,e.g Samba, SSH, vnc etc) to have a running real router via *nix than one of those home appliances. On Mon, 2002-11-11 at 14:15, Chris Kloiber wrote: > On Mon, 2002-11-11 at 13:13, Ed Wilts wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 09:53:02AM -0800, jdow wrote: > > > Tony, the best approach, from my experience, is to find a spare machine, > > > say an old 75 MHz Pentium, and set it up with a pair of NICs as your > > > firewall and network gateway using NAT. That will hide all your other > > > serious machines behind some level of protection. This will allow for > > > gadgets such as network printers and such. > > > > In my experience, that's the wrong answer. You're far better off, > > long-term, to purchase one of those low-end home-oriented firewall boxes > > like a Linksys cable/dsl router. You'll have one less system to manage > > and it's a lot smaller with a lot less power, heat, and noise issues. > > I have both a linksys router and a linux (alpha) gateway/firewall > available to me at home. I prefer the linux gateway/firewall because it > makes me think about how to set up and secure my services in an > environment where I won't be fired for screwing up. > > If you do go the linksys router route, make sure your firmware is up to > date, earlier firmware is susceptible to a simple DOS attack. See: > http://www.idg.net/english/crd_router_961704.html > > -- > ********************************************************************** > Chris Kloiber, RHCE Red Hat,Inc. > Hardware Certification aka 1801 Varsity Dr. > Enterprise Support "WireHead" Raleigh, NC 27606 > ********************************************************************** > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
