Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] Q: IDE Flash Boot?

[Indiana E. a. C. N. <Bra...@Sk...>]

On Mon, 02 Jul 2007 13:29:16 -0500 (CDT), you wrote:

>
>On Mon, July 2, 2007 12:22, Bruce Smith wrote:
>>> I need a firewall, and I have an old 486 with 32 MB RAM (fully
>>> loaded).  It doesn't support USB.  I like the idea of "no moving parts"
>>> for reliability, and I've had good luck with IDE flash drives using
>>> other OSes.  You can boot off them, etc. - they appear to be an ordinary
>>> IDE drive.
>>>
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>
>It's gonna be tight with 32MB, you won't be able to run much on the box.

I'm not sure how much I need to run, so I don't know if that will be a
problem.

We just changed from Verizon to Comcast for internet service, and
ComCast gave us an SMC "business IP gateway" which contains a
firewall.  I spent a while trying to figure out how to enable port
forwarding for my VPN, and finally called ComCast.  You can't!  They
recommended I disable the firewall in the SMC and put one in that can
do port forwarding.  I said "but ... that's stupid!"; the tech said "I
agree with you, sir."  So, this "firewall" keeps anything from getting
in or out (other than http, I guess).  Turn it off and my local
network is completely exposed.

I guess I just need to block packets I don't specify for fowarding? Is
32 MB RAM adequate for this?
-- 
Don Stauffer, Office Manager
Indiana Epilepsy and Child Neurology, Inc.