Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 00:46:06 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: shanon loveridge <shanon_loveridge@yahoo.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD as a Firewall Message-ID: <20011121234606.GA14744@student.uu.se> In-Reply-To: <20011121233809.94395.qmail@web14309.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20011121233809.94395.qmail@web14309.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 11:38:09PM +0000, shanon loveridge wrote: > Ok I am thinking about setting up a P120 as a firewall > for my home network and I was wondering if the > computer will be fast enough for this or if there will > be a noticable drop in performance. Also would OpenBSD > be better suited for this as it is ment to focus on > security. Unless you have a really fast connection to the outside world a P120 should be more than enough. (Just FYI I am using an old 386SX/33 as a firewall and it works just fine.) I don't think OpenBSD would be better for this. Probably just as good but not better. Their focus on security is primarily in making sure that there are no security problems with the OS itself. This does not mean that they have a better firewall. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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