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486 firewall
Name: pete Date: August 28, 2003 at 16:15:52 Pacific OS: dos 6.22/win3.1 CPU/Ram: 486/33mhz 8mb ram
Name: anonproxy Date: August 28, 2003 at 18:17:27 Pacific
Reply:
Use a Linux distribution that is bootable (i.e. no need to install anything). With a few configuration changes, you can set up your firewall. Have at least two ethernet connections (one of them going to a switch to share the connection) and you are set. Each firewall distro has different setups, so consult the documentation (or use a forum if applicable).
You have lots of choices (not to mention that any distro can be set up to act as a LAN firewall). Look at FreeSCO, and Coyote first. You will find in Google searchs a FloppyFW, which was popular but is no longer being maintained.
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