RE: Low end machines for Firewall/IDS

["Prunka, Peter (ITG)" <Peter_Prunka () ml com>]

In the alternative, you could buy a brand new system with an 800MHz
processor, 256 meg RAM and Lindows 2.0 for $200 at (don't laugh now) ---
http://www.walmart.com

Yep. Bought one for my 77 year old mother and another for my mother-in-law.
They run great and meet all their needs. Then I convinced my wife to let me
buy the "advanced' version with CD-RW and a larger HD as an experimental
machine. For that one I paid the grandiose sum of $299. I'm sure it would be
more than adequate for your purposes and you don't need to check the
seller's rating...

Peter T. Prunka

-----Original Message-----
From: Jay D. Dyson [mailto:jdyson () treachery net] 

On Sat, 30 Nov 2002, ALBEE,RUSSELL. S FC2 (CV63 CS5) wrote: 

I'd say your best bet is to search on ebay.com.  I've personally managed to
find some relatively older eMachines (533i and 600is models) on there at
very reasonable prices (~$200, including shipping).  All machines I've
purchased have been in fine working order and all now live happily running
Linux as IDS, firewalls and -- on occasion -- full-fledged Xfree86-enabled
workstations.

The only caveat: pay close attention to the seller's history and feedback.
A long list of happy buyers makes for a happier transaction in my book.