From: John B. <jb...@be...> - 2003-01-15 22:39:42
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Hi Trifon, > > 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, > Thanks for the advice, from the replies I have had and from my general reading I am very impressed with the general supportive atmosphere of the group. Thank you, John > 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 > _______________________________________________ > Shorewall-users mailing list > Sho...@sh... > http://mail.shorewall.net/mailman/listinfo/shorewall-users 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. |