Hello, A pentium will definitely suffice as a firewall. Beefing up security really depends on your OS as to a specific 'good-enough-for-now' solution. I decided to just lock my computer down by applying all of the recommended and security related patches from the vendor of the OS, then I comment out almost every service in /etc/inetd.conf. You don't want to be using services like fingerd and telnetd most likely. I usually only run sshd, secure RPC, and httpd. I would also recommend using tcp wrappers for the tcp services that you enable. That seems to be working fine for my home computer, and it's kind of fun to watch the logs. You would be amazed at some of the things people try to do. :) Cheers, todd "J. Gilmore" wrote:
I'm looking to beef up security on a home DSL line. Currently I am using ZoneAlarm (the freeware version). I'm thinking of taking an old Pentium 120, and setting that up as a firewall, but wanted to know if anyone else had a better idea.
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