firewall

robert jorgenson plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Thu, 6 Jun 2002 01:41:06 -0700


Okay after trying to set this up i failed ... If i brought this box and all the applicable information into the installfest would someone be able to help me set it up?


On Wed, 5 Jun 2002 18:36:27 -0700
"robert jorgenson" <snoogans@qwest.net> wrote:

> Ok i got this P1 200 mhz box here i want to turn into a firewall, its got a floppy drive and a 2 gig HD(couldn't find anything smaller), a 3com NIC, a realtek NIC, 64 megs of RAM and i was wondering what would be a good small firewall distro that i could install without a cdrom. Right now my setup is like this ...
>                                   
>                                             Parents Wintendo Box
>                                           /
> Internet--qwest gateway box--4 port hub--[
>                                           \
>                                             8 port hub--My main box
> 
> Im thinking it would be best to put the firewall infront of the first 4 port hub but my parents are wierd and i doubt they would let me do that, so i will probably be putting it in front of my hub. I really just want something to keep unwanted things out of my box. Plus i also want to set up a web/ftp/email server sometime in the near future but thats soemthing else alltogether :) Any help is apreciated thanks :)
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