[dundee] Hardware for a firewall/content filter

[Robert Ladyman]

http://linitx.com have a lot of parts and also pre-configured firewalls. What 
you will require will (probably) be a fanless mini-ITX with a CF-card 
interface, so that you can install the software onto that. You can also check 
out their clearance items.

I've also used an old portable / old PC before (you can often get them for 
nowt from the skip at the recycling place in Dundee: the dump).

If you want something really quiet, look at something like the Sheevaplug or 
other "plugPC"s: http://www.plugcomputer.org


> 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!!).
> 

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