[windows2000] Re: OT? Trojan Horses
- From: Steven Peck DNET <speck@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 09:05:22 -0800
Not a completely accurate summation about Linux firewall distro's :)
www.leaf-project.org
You need a computer, 486 or up with 16MB RAM.(no hard drive needed)
The Bering or Dachenstein distro (pick one)
2 NICs (nics are REALLY cheap)
Floppy drive (and/or CD route option available)
Monitor while you set it up, then setup ssh and put into closet (admin
remotely).
Follow the instructions, done. It took me 30 minutes to setup my first one
a few years ago, with no Linux exposure. If you want to do weird stuff,
there is a learning curve, but if you just want to port forward to a web or
mail server, it's pretty straight forward.
Caveats......
We all know Ray wont use non-MS products :)
It probably does use more electricity.
LEAF gains you a lot more flexibility and protection then a hw box that
isn't upgraded. It also allows you to do a lot more. Many years ago, it
allowed me to play with a nice firewall routing feature set at home before I
mucked things up at work as they tossed me in and said SWIM! :)
HW box may be better solution for some, it depends on the user and their
objective. If it's just basic routing and firewall with out running a
mail/web server, then the HW box may be better.
I have deployed both solutions depending on the end user and what they were
going to use it for.
-sp
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Charles R. Buchanan [mailto:crbgfblab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>
>Well let's add this up....! :-)
>
>There's getting/acquiring the computer. Then there's getting a monitor =
>for
>it. If the computer has a NIC, it will probably have only one, if any at
>all. So have to buy at least one. Then comes the fun part. <eg>
>
>Unless one has time to kill, you have to deal with the learning curve
>because Linux isn't exactly the most user friendly OS to install. If you
>manage to get it installed, still have the tweaking to do to get it just
>right. But that can be said with all OS'es though.
>
>Meanwhile, the price(s) of broadband routers has gone down and is fairly
>simple to setup, and for the most part secure.
>
>Granted Ray is no slouch when it comes to computers, but for the people =
>who
>just had to have that Dell computer for xmas, I think the router path =
>would
>be the wisest.
>
>Did I mention the extra cost on electricity? I might be mistaking, but I
>think the power use of the added computer and monitor may be a tad more =
>than
>the router alone. <shrug> :-)
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>[mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Cristian Costea
>>Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 5:19 AM
>>To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: [windows2000] Re: OT? Trojan Horses
>>
>>
>>
>>How much do you pay for a brodband router? You can get a Linux
>>router that does
>>a lot of things at almost no cost :), I mean you only pay for a
>>P100 with 8MB
>>RAM and a 1GB HDD and 2 network interfaces.
>>
>>"Costanzo, Ray" wrote:
>>
>>> But the best and simplest thing to do is to just go get a broadband
>>> router and stick it between your DSL modem and your computer.
>>> http://www.dlink.com/products/broadband/di804v/ would suffice.
>>> Broadband routers have built in firewalls that are sufficient, in my
>>> opinion.
>>
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