Linux Firewall

[ObiWan]

I thought this might intrest someone

its a linux firewall that is on a floppy and turns an old PC into a H/W firewall

http://www.coyotelinux.com

[4play]

ipcop and smothwall would probably be better suited and more configurable

still micro distros like this are great for keeping old hardware useful.

[h1]

See... everything is possible with *nix.

[ObiWan]

still micro distros like this are great for keeping old hardware useful.

its just a shame i dont have any old hardware to test it on

[peat moss]

Thanks Obi kind of looking around on this forum perfect for me fits on a floppy? Got to love it who said floppy drives were dead

[shn]

Here's an idea. Take a small firewall that fits on a floppy like the one ObiWan posted and run it in vmware or virtual pc and give it like 32 megs of ram or 16 . Think it would be the same as running a software based firewall like ummm sygate or whatver software firewalls people use now days?

Once you get your iptables down pack I bet it would work just fine. It would be just like a minature pc on your network and serve only as a firewall or to share a connection. Probably not something i would try.................Im in love with my router, but I bet it would work.

Btw, no gui. All text based is all you would need for that purpose.