seriously a 486 would suffice. This is kernel level
stuff.
Now heavy duty graphic desktop stuff no but firewall
should be fine.
Check gentoo and the hardening instructions.
I don't know if I like the cdrom idea maybe someone
else can feedback there.
-Walt

Nicolae Mihalache wrote:
> Hello,

> I want to use a G3 350Mhz as a firewall between 2 100Mbs networks. I
> have two questions:
> 1. Do you think the speed of this powerpc will be adequate considering
> that I will have about 10-15 iptables rules?
> 2. Is there any distribution that can eventually run from a bootable CD
> and be designed especially for firewalls (i.e. as secure as possible)?

> Thanks a lot,
> mache


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Ciao Nicolae Mihalache, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:

> 2. Is there any distribution that can eventually run from a bootable CD
> and be designed especially for firewalls (i.e. as secure as possible)?

There are loads for x86, but none I know for ppc.
Maybe you'd check Crux linux, that released a ppc port lately.

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There is a Knoppix distro available for PPC. The only exposure I can think
of is if you a running an 'old-world' machine. Then it will need to boot
through bootx.

BTW: Are you in Bucharest?



On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 17:12:07 +0100, Nicolae Mihalache wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I want to use a G3 350Mhz as a firewall between 2 100Mbs networks. I
> have two questions:
> 1. Do you think the speed of this powerpc will be adequate considering
> that I will have about 10-15 iptables rules? 2. Is there any
> distribution that can eventually run from a bootable CD and be designed
> especially for firewalls (i.e. as secure as possible)?
>
> Thanks a lot,
> mache

Geoff Williams wrote:
> There is a Knoppix distro available for PPC. The only exposure I can think
> of is if you a running an 'old-world' machine. Then it will need to boot
> through bootx.
>
It is a new-world machine. At the end I installed a Debian and modified
the starting scripts a little bit to be able to run from a CD. It works
perfectly ok. The only nasty thing is that I don't have a floppy and I
each time I want to change the configuration I have to reburn the CD.


> BTW: Are you in Bucharest?

I'm romanian, but currently I'm living in Leuven, Belgium. I go to
Bucharest once or twice a year, though.

mache

On Tue, 03 Feb 2004 09:45:40 +0100, Nicolae Mihalache wrote:

> Geoff Williams wrote:
>> There is a Knoppix distro available for PPC. The only exposure I can think
>> of is if you a running an 'old-world' machine. Then it will need to boot
>> through bootx.
>>
> It is a new-world machine. At the end I installed a Debian and modified
> the starting scripts a little bit to be able to run from a CD. It works
> perfectly ok. The only nasty thing is that I don't have a floppy and I
> each time I want to change the configuration I have to reburn the CD.
>
>
>> BTW: Are you in Bucharest?
>
> I'm romanian, but currently I'm living in Leuven, Belgium. I go to
> Bucharest once or twice a year, though.
>
I ask because I used to stay on Batistei and I was wondering if you were
my neighbor there.

-- Geoff
> mache