Patrick Oonk wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 29, 1999 at 11:21:11AM -0400, sean.kellyat_private wrote: > > I've never heard of such a thing, but are there any little (desktop) 2-port > > standalone firewalls available? I would think with the growing popularity > > of cable and DSL access that such a thing would be quite practical, and IMO > > setting up a *nix-based PC for the task seems like overkill. All it would > > need is 2 ports, an RS-232 and some firmware. I personally don't even have > > any need for NAT but I would prefer to move the filtering off my PC to a > > separate box. > > > > I checked the Nokia site and it seems like their low-end standalone is close > > to what I'm describing, but I'm guessing it still costs quite a bit. > > Check out iproute (www.mischler.com). It runs under dos (!) > from one floppy in as little as 1 or 2 mb ram. If you think an old 386 > takes up too much space you could build a small box using one of > those small embedded pc boards. > (http://www.ampro.com/products/products.htm) > > p. > PicoBSD, the one floppy version (I've never done it, but you might be able to use a DiskOnChip as well) of FreeBSD can serve that purpose. It runs entirely in memory (will need 4/5 Mo RAM at least, or more depending on what you'll do), and you can strip and taylor it to your need. Mine (an AT box with a standard mainboard an to NICs, and that's all) does PPP, NAT and IP filtering + SSH and SNMP access. DHCP could be added. Check out http://www.freebsd.org/~picobsd/picobsd.html. WorldAxle's "Micro Firewall Personnal" is a ready made product built on it. You'll find it at http://www.worldaxle.com/worldaxle_eng/nat_top.html. F. -- Frédéric Haby <frederic.habyat_private> <fhaby@freebsd-fr.org>
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