RE: OT Firewall for those in the Dark Ages of NET Access

["BUTLER, Tony, FM" <tony.butler@xxxxxxx>]

I was comparing the cost of a hardware router vs cheapo pc being used
for
firewall purposes only.

Yes, in the specific case with only one PC (at present - you never know
if
you'll want to add something else - xbox? tivo? or upgrade to
broadband.  I
was offering a flexible solution)  then you don't need the extra box -
but
there are strong arguments (put forward by some ppl here) that using a
firewall to do anything else but firewalling is just _asking_ for
trouble
and you _will_ be invaded and used to break into government agencies.
Something like that anyway.


Tony.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Des Gibbons [mailto:des@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 12 July 2002 11:07
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] OT Firewall for those in the Dark Ages of
NET
> Access
> 
> 
> One machine, so they don't need a switch. So, say ?45.
> 
> Also, with your solution, they will need an external modem.
> 
> Cheers, Des.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: BUTLER, Tony, FM [mailto:tony.butler@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 12 July 2002 21:54
> > To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] OT Firewall for those in the Dark Ages of
NET
> > Access
> >
> >
> > > >This is why I like hardware solutions - they just _work_
:)
> > >
> > > Yeah, I can't argue with that.  Only problem is, they
cost
> > > money (something
> > > that HA'ers always never seem to have enough of...) 
Still,
> >
> > True, but:
> > network cards, say 15 quid each = 30 quid
> > 2nd hand 486, say  15 quid again
> > 4 port switch, say 25 quid?
> > that's now about 70 quid for your cheap solution - very near
the
> > price of a
> > hardware router which is a _lot_ smaller, silent, cooler, 
> uses much less
> > electricity...  in the long run, probabyl saves you money
> and is more
> > environmentally sound :-)
> >
> >
> > Tony
> >
> >
> > 
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