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AmyKucharik
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 Can you use Linux on a PC as a firewall?
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How difficult is it to configure Linux to turn an old PC into a server for use as a firewall? Can anyone help me find more information? Thanks in advance.

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ASKED: June 9, 2004  5:50 PM
UPDATED: June 10, 2004  10:57 AM
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Why not keep it as simple as possibe. All you need is an old pc and this, http://www.zelow.no/floppyfw/index.html Keep digging there is a lot of information on just what you want to do. Joe
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Just type in “floppyfw” witout the quotes into the address bar or a google search and you will find many links. Forget the server concept. I believe this approch to be the simplest for non linux guru’s.
I.E. like me.
Joe

Chekung
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We use Linux on PC for our firewall… a great economically and safe firewall. We use Sentry software.

BigBob
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