[SLUG] Hardware firewall

From: chris (foresaken@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Fri Apr 09 2004 - 05:13:28 EDT


i know software firewalls are a joke so ive been trying to find a way to get
real security on my home network.

ive been told you can make a hardware firewall out of nothing more than a
pentium 2 box and a specially setup copy of linux.

what all does it take to do this and how secure is this?

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