I just built a firewall/dhcp server for work with a bastardized version of
redhat. It's using iptables (of course) and ISC's whole dhcp getup. I haven't
nmap'ped it yet since its IP changes on occasion, but we haven't had a
break-in since, so I'm assuming I'm at least shutting out your average
telnet/script kiddie well enough (no, telnet's not even installed). It's
letting all of the internal machines connect to rr just fine. As such, I
don't see any reason whatsoever to change to a 'in-a-box' solution. For me,
if'n it aint broked, I aint gonna fix it.
Glen
On Saturday 30 March 2002 16:31, you wrote:
> One of my PCs died (MB won't post (beep) when powered up, probably fried
> the BIOS or processor) so I'm building a whole new home network. I've
> currently got a Linux machine running firewall connected to Road Runner.
>
> I'm considering replacing it with one of those Linksys (or other)
> firewall-in-a-box ethernet hubs. Wondering who out there has had
> experiences on either side of the fence with this kind of setup, or should
> I stick with the Linux machine running everything?
>
>
> Paul Braman
> aeon@tampabay.rr.com
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