[Wylug-help] Bridge Filtering
Daniel Walker
danielwalker at fastmail.fm
Mon, 20 Jan 2003 14:43:51 +0000
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On Monday 20 Jan 2003 14:33, James Holden wrote:
> > It's a 200Mhz Pentium MMX
>
> Bit overpowered for a packet shuffler, isn't it? ;-)
It's what I had lying around. Ah, the joys of free machines. I had to get the
free hard disk free off someone else though. Free 20gig drives; what is the
world coming to, eh? I remember my first HD - 20*Meg*, and it was impressive.
> Nah, it's a socket 7. Roll your own with a pair of tin snips and a baked
> bean can if you really want.
You're right, I think. Poor memory.
> > True, but I like logs. Actually, I was thinking about it and it might be
> > possible to use the cables we have to have the firewall in the right
> > place. I shall investigate.
>
> Whizz the logs off to another machine then. Don't ask me how, I just know
> you can log remotely.
You can. PF logs to a device, so you could presumably set that up to be
external. In fact, a separate logging machine is recommended for extra
security. Probably overkill, tho'.
> >> Works for me - my router box is in the lounge cos that's where the NTL
> >> cable box is.
> > Hmmm...
>
> Well, nobody has noticed it yet, and it's been up for 248 days now.
It's certainly fairly unobtrusive.
Dan
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