Minimal Firewall

[Darrin Chandler]

On Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 03:40:06PM -0700, vodhner at cox.net wrote:
> Spinoff from the "Cable Modem" discussion:
> 
> I'd like to set up a stand-alone firewall box, but it would need to be:
> 
> 1. Low power, passively cooled, quiet.

Easy...

> 2. Turnkey on the hardware side.

Easy...

> 3. Close to turnkey on the software side.

Easy...

> 4. and oh yes ... not too expensive.

Drat! There had to be a catch somewhere.

> 5. Ability to run sniffers, etc. might be interesting, but not sure I'd use that.

Easy...

> First that comes to mind is a Linksys WRT54GL router, running Linux.  I have no interest in wireless, and have a router that is doing the job, so the router features are not of much benefit to me.

Wireless or not, routing or not, the WRT54GL is going to be one of your
cheapest options. It depends on what is too expensive for you. You can
easily meet all the other criteria with a WRAP or Soekris box, running
Linux or a BSD from flash or a microdrive.

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