On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 04:38:08PM -0800, mehma sarja wrote: > I am running an embedded 533 MHz with 256 MB memory and it is woefully > inadequate for an office setting. Even for a home setting which wants stuff > like snort running as well. I would WAG atleast a 2 GB memory and the Atoms > max out at that...? If the firewall will be doing other stuff like snort, > vpn, dns, dhcp, nat, (I am talking pfSense here), then 2 GB is rather short > and I'd like to see a beefier CPU as well. So, the question really is what > all are you going to be doing with it?
Is it still woefully inadequate if snort, vpn, and DNS are moved off the firewall? I ask because running DNS on the firewall has given me the heebie jeebies for years. And I have dim memories of a few security exploits for snort. > -- Chris Dukes
