tiny firewall boxes

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 02:09:55PM -0400, Jamon Camisso wrote:
> teddy mills wrote:
>> I find myself having to install Linux firewall boxes in front on Window 
>> servers.
>> (dont ask dont tell) I do not want big +bulky for the Linux firewalls.  
>> Smaller is better.
>>
>> I could use DLinks or Cisco/Linksys, but I know a Linux firewall would  
>> be better. (perhaps for cheaper in this case)
>>
>> Any ideas/urls for tiny form factors?
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> How about a $99 SheevaPlug on a vlan? Only 1 gige port which could be a  
> problem depending on your network setup. I think Tim at the linuxcaffe  
> got one recently, ask him about it. They're tiny, 512mb ram, running a  
> 1.2ghz arm processor with a usb port too.
>
> http://www.plugcomputer.org lists Gentoo and Ubuntu os images, so I'd  
> expect any distro with an arm port would run on it very well. 5 watts  
> power consumption too.

Much better version for that (and many other) job(s).
http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/p-24-openrd-client-openrd-client-board-with-enclosure.aspx

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