100mhz should be enough to handle named requests as well as act as a firewall, but obviously 500 would definitely fit the bill...i've got a linux firewall running on an ancient P100 machine with 32mb of ram and it works like a champ!
as far as pitfalls or gotchas to look out for, make a list of all services you'll be needing like POP3, DNS, HTTP, FTP, SSH, etc. and their designated ports, so you don't do what many folks seem to do and end up firewalling your network but also firewalling a users ability to check mail on their pop account or blocking ftp services and the like! that's really all i can think of, i'm sure this list will be full of other helpful hints! why not through an IDS into the mix? just a thought. HTH! robt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi all, > > I am doing my Senior Project shortly for my degree and have decided that I > would like to build a Linux firewall which also is configured for IP > Masquerading and DNS using Bind. I really just wanted ideas from some of > the more experienced users on this list who have done the same type of > setup for themselves. > Currently I have a Debian server and have access to 2 static IP > addresses. I also have a Windows 2000 box and a Windows NT4.0 box and the > current network is using a Linksys router. > I would be using probably a Pentium 100 with 48mg ram as my firewall PC > which has 2 ethernet cards. > But I wonder if I should consider using my current Debian server which is a > Pentium 500? As you can see I am quite unsure as to the best approach to > this project. I do appreciate your comments and maybe a helping hand in > guiding me in the right direction. I might add I have no firewall experience. > > Regards > > Eileen Orbellf
