From: Trifon A. <cli...@ya...> - 2003-01-15 18:14:13
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John, I recently installed and configured (with the help of the Shorewall community) a small HP Vectra VL (Pentium 133, 96 Mb RAM) with three-interface setup. The disk space is: # df -k Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda5 650792 370972 246760 61% / /dev/hda1 48770 5924 40328 13% /boot none 39072 0 39072 0% /dev/shm and the memory utilization: # free total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 78144 74120 4024 0 13920 21284 -/+ buffers/cache: 38916 39228 Swap: 121932 0 121932 You can strip any of the latest distributions, to less than 400 Mb easily. Hope that helps, Trifon John Blue <jb...@be...> wrote:I am quite new to Linux and have moved (almost) from a windoze NT4 environment. My present configuration is running SuSE V 8.0 with KDE3.0.5 desktop on two machines, connecting with Samba to an NT4 PC, and an occasional laptop or other PC that connects locally to the network. After a deal of searching, researching, and seeking advice I have decided to use Shorewall as my firewall. Presently, my internet connection is via the NT4 PC and as you would expect is subject to shutdowns for little changes or for the dreaded BSOD's which is a pain in the neck. >From reading the support documents it appears that the basic configuration I would start with is the Two Zone setup. I don't believe that I have any need at this stage for a DMZ. (I would listen to any advice though!) My questions therefore relate to hardware and the firewall arrangement. 1. I have a spare 486-DX2-66, and a spare Pentium-200MMX both with minimum RAM, as well as a couple of small HDD 450 & 850MB. Which of these would be the better to use as the FW, and how does this FW PC impact on the performance of my small network (basically Pentium 111 PC's). Or are these PC's inadequate for the task? I can upgrade if necessary. 2. I am also going to change my external faxmodem which I use to send & receive faxes from the windows pc to run under Linux probably using Hylafax. Should this be installed on the FW pc, or on a PC within the local zone. Your advice would be appreciated. -- John Blue, PO Box 542 Mawson ACT 2607 Australia email: jb...@be... Fax: +61 2 6291 1119 This email has been pre-scanned using the latest Anti Virus software for your peace of mind. Please remember to maintain your own anti virus up to date with the latest reference files. _______________________________________________ Shorewall-users mailing list Sho...@sh... http://mail.shorewall.net/mailman/listinfo/shorewall-users Visit my Web Site: http://www.dbaclick.com Tons of Oracle DBA's scripts, articles, manuals and documents My profile: http://profiles.yahoo.com/clio_usa --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now |