Is my friend crazy?

[Interscope]

He got a Firewall/Router for about $70. Big deal, you may think. But he has the know-how to use Linux(He put a Linux HL server up, without no fancy windows manager) Anyway, i've told him that i've seen a store selling old 486s for about $2.50(!) He just could've jammed linux(or FreeBSD) on it and used it as a firewall. Instead he buys something worth $70 which can do the same. And he has acces to Linux. I have Slackware 8.1 on cd and FreeBSD 4.7 on cd.

What would you do?

[choasforages]

i would have bought a better router with 802.11b support
i have one of those "cheap" routers. they kick ass. and they use less power then a full machine.

[ December 11, 2002: Message edited by: choasforages ]

[preacher]

I would have bought the router, they are easy to set up, and small. I already have 3 computers taking up space in my bedroom, every extra inch of space is worth it.

[Master of Reality]

a nice computer router/firewall is nice. Then you can run a web/ftp/whatever server and proxy on it too.

[choasforages]

untill somebody roots your server and not only takes down you website but your connection to the internet

[Master of Reality]

That will never happen if you properly secure you |30><