Building a nix server

[Cyber Source]

I don't believe you will be able to get Fedora working on a 486. I have 
had some troubles even with 166's etc. There may be some sort of work 
around in the init but I don't know of one.

Darin Perusich wrote:

> your 486 should have plenty of umph to be a firewall and all you need 
> is 12mb ram, a floppy drive and 2 NIC. check out 
> http://www.coyotelinux.com for all the details. i've been using coyote 
> for years and it's solid.
>
> hawkwynd wrote:
>
>> My ISP is adelphia cable, who are currently blocking port 80 (Those
>> Bastards!)
>> I do have a 486 lying in the basement, I think it's still got
>> enough 'umph' to be a firewall, so I'll crack the case open and see if I
>> can get it to fire up. Shouldn't need more than a 1gb hd for it, 
>> should I,
>> if it's sole responsibility is to be a firewall?
>>
>> I have a copy of the Fedora Project, just not install all the bells and
>> whistles on it for graphical stuff, and it should run ok, right?
>> Is 128mb ram enough?
>> Ok, I have a server, AMD K6-2 450Mhz with 512mb ram and 36gb w/ raid
>> controller and dds3 tape drv, and a 7 drive scsi plextor tower I want to
>> use for my email, web, dhcp and fun love as well as the SpamAssasin 
>> filter
>> for my windows machines (God I LOVE THIS!) It's currently the 
>> gateway, so
>> I guess the first act of contrition is to get working on the 
>> firewall. So,
>> off to the basement I go..
>> I'm sure you'll be hearing more from me soon.. Thanks!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 2 Feb 2004, Cyber Source wrote:
>>
>>
>>> quick overview response;
>>> 1. What is your internet connection?
>>> 2. I would recommend a seperate box for the firewall itself, then 
>>> install some flavor of Linux with Shorewall for the firewall. 
>>> Doesn't have to be much, I have one here that is a 166mhz w/32mb ram.
>>> 3. I'm not big on the wireless when it comes to a security issue.
>>> 4. I would make your main box a dhcp, email, squid behind the 
>>> firewall running with RH9 (why 7.2?)
>>> 5. Does anyone host the domain now? Would you/Could you host it 
>>> there, see question one, if so, add email and apache to the list of 
>>> question four.
>>> 6. Google online is the best information source (up 2 date) I have 
>>> found for Linux, and here on the list.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> hawkwynd wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>     Currently, I have an AMD K62-550 w/ 256mb ram, Adaptec AAA-131
>>>> raid controller w/ 4 Ultrastar 9gb drives and a 20gb eide boot 
>>>> disk. The
>>>> Os is win2k server which I am using as my gateway to the ISP for my
>>>> workstations. I know I could replace it easily with a router and be 
>>>> done
>>>> with it, but I have another idea/wish for it.
>>>>     I would like to configure that machine to be the following:
>>>>
>>>> 1. An Internet gateway for my home network, as well as the firewall to
>>>> prevent all the evils from coming in to my network. I also have a 
>>>> wireless
>>>> access point tied into my switch, for my notebook which is currently
>>>> running win2k, (soon to be nix).
>>>>
>>>> 2. an email server for myself (using Pine on Rh 7.2), and my wife's
>>>> machine, who is using OE on her win2k pro machine.
>>>>     I own a domain name, hawkwynd.com, and would like to set up 2 or
>>>> three email accounts for our own private use, instead of the spam 
>>>> ladened
>>>> accounts we use now from our ISP. I know there is a way to do this 
>>>> with
>>>> Linux.
>>>>
>>>>     Got any good book titles or URL's so I can make this happen? If
>>>> not all, I'd accept one piece of the list so far to get me started.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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