[dundee] Hardware for a firewall/content filter

[Robert Ladyman]

Ah - sorry. There are a number of devices that might suit. I'll have a look tomorrow when back in the office.



"Colin Brough" wrote:
> Andrew Clayton wrote:
> > On Thu, 12 May 2011 10:00:54 +0100, Colin Brough wrote:
> > 
> >> Andrew Clayton wrote:
> >>> On Mon, 09 May 2011 13:48:44 +0100, Colin Brough wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I have a couple of NAS boxes (a Buffalo and a Synology) which can
> >>>> be made to run Linux, but neither of them have 2 LAN ports.
> >>> Just a heads up. But you might not actually _need_ 2 interfaces.
> >>> Certainly iptables nat works fine with just the one.
> 
> [ snip interesting explanation ]
> 
> > But yes, it could look like the diagram on the right.
> > 
> > Andrew
> 
> Thanks - helpful. And Robert, your suggestion is exactly what I was
> planning on doing; the question was suitable quiet low cost hardware
> on which to do it... (no spare 486s here, nor space for one, and no
> desire to have another clackety fan in my workspace!!).
> 
> -- 
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Colin
> 
> Rev Colin Brough
> Minister
> Fintry Parish Church of Scotland, Dundee
> Scottish Charity Number: SC020742
> 
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