[TriLUG] Decent install target?

[Jason Tower]

if you just want to run a router/firewall/vpn box, you might want to check
out smoothwall (or a fork called ipcop).  installs on just about anything in
about 10 minutes, managed via a browser.  does NAT, VPN, port forwarding,
firewall, intrusion detection, dynamic dns, and a few other things.  i've
been using it at home for about six months with my roadrunner account and
haven't touched it except to change my port forwarding and firewall rules.
all you need is an IDE system (scsi not supported) and two network
interfaces (dialup, isdn, ethernet).  very nice package -

jason

> Over the weekend my 2 year old son quite literally made me revive and
> old machine I had sitting around the house. He wanted to play with it,
> and it wouldn't even POST. So we opened it up, and found that there was
> no memory installed. Dig around a little, ah yes, here we go, 4 chips.
> Slap those puppies in and 'thar' she blows" (booted to NT) ;-). So now
> I'm thinking, would this make a decent platform for a server type
> install? By server I mean in the RedHat since of no X windows. I was
> thinking maybe an install of RH6.2. or even maybe checking out Debian?
> Would this box suffice for a router / firewall / VPN / what ever else?
>
>
> TIA,
> Justin
>
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