Wuxi Ixuw wrote:
And do I need a recent computer for the linux one or an old one can do so? I mean something like Pentium 4 or Pentium D may fits?
On 23/02/2012 10:58 PM, John R Pierce wrote:
On 02/23/12 12:47 PM, Wuxi Ixuw wrote:
Actually I read many times that geek people used to use a Linux computer as a firewall for their network but never figured out how they do so.
install linux on a computer with two ethernet cards. connect eth0 to your internet connection, and eth1 to your local network. configure iptables firewall rules in the linux system. or install pfsense on that same computer.
That's one of the beauties of Linux: unlike a competing "operating system" which shall remain nameless (but is headquartered in Redmond, WA), it'll run on pretty much *anything*. It will find more hardware errors... because it uses the entire system much more efficiently. But if the hardware's ok, it'll run for a *long* time. So, yes, anything you've got should work.
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