From: "Dale Kosan" <dale_kosan@fastmail.fm>
> Just for the record, most of the lower price dsl/routers also do port
> forwarding so you can still use ssh, samba, apache ect...
But can they do side duty as a backup store for your other machines?
I put a modern large but only medium fast IDE drive in the cheap machine
and use it as a backup store, particularly when making massive changes
to the other machines. I had the old Pentium so I recycled it into a
handy interface machine with some backup store.
{^_-} (I know storing backups on a firewall is not a good idea. However,
since the firewall is closed down from the outside the internal
network is pretty much wide open. Once through the firewall the
rest is a cakewalk by comparison. I'd rather have the files I do
not want to lose have another redundant storage place. So I'd
need that old machine on the network, anyway. And pardon me, it's
now 166 MHz. I recycled computers downwards when I upgraded my
compile machine a few months ago.)
> Lou Losee wrote:
> > just for info, these home appliances are typically runiing a version of
> > *nix, typially BSD
> >
> > Lou
> >
> > lovswr1 wrote:
> >
> >> 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
> >>>
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