From utzoo!henry Wed Jul 24 20:05:35 2002 Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 20:03:40 -0400 From: Henry Spencer To: UofT Sysadmins Subject: Re: Open Source firewall webpage (was "RE: [Fwd: Re: Something to cheer ...") In-Reply-To: <02Jul24.165041edt.444742@rodent.utcs.utoronto.ca> Message-ID: On Wed, 24 Jul 2002, P Kern wrote: > Having said that, the Open Source firewall package was originally meant > as a robust and inexpensive alternative for those groups and departments > on campus who needed firewalls but who didn't want to spend too much > manpower and/or money to get one up and running... A reasonable idea, but in that case, you should also tell people that they should spend a few extra dollars to get a top-notch motherboard and power supply. Better a 16MB K6-233 on a Tyan motherboard with an Antec case and power supply, than a 256MB P4-1.6 on whatever garbage motherboard and box Cheapie Computers on College St. has kicking around the back room. The reason not to run ancient hardware is not that its CPU or memory is old and tired, but that its power-supply fan bearings may be equally old and tired. And if you buy from Cheapie Computers, your brand-new hardware may be halfway to that state already. Henry Spencer henry@zoo.toronto.edu (henry@spsystems.net)