On Fri, 26 May 2000, Nick Zentena wrote:
Most people either have an old out date computer lying around or can get one fairly cheap. They aren't much use for modern windows users but make great firewall machines. Recycle: turn old computers into firewalls-)
Yep. My sister, who somehow has more computers than I do in spite of the fact that she's a student and her boyfriend's a carpet-layer, gave me a 486sx/25 box as payment for computer support (and also to avoid having to haul it to the trash). Makes a fine firewall on my modem line. I'm thinking on starting to set up a 486/66 on a PCI motherboard as a second firewall, so I'll have it ready (with two network cards) when I get a DSL or cable modem. (Irrelevant note: the total theoretical bandwidth of the processor bus to memory on these old machines is approximately 1 gigabit per second. Some companies are installing networks with the same theoretical bandwidth to the desktop.) -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/