home firewall/server

[nils at hemmann.de (Nils)]

For file/web and quite some other services I recommend the eisfair project .
It has a decent package and update management.
http://www.eisfair.org/en/eisfair/news/
I have it running and serving Samba shares for quite some years on a -->
Pentium II 333Mhz  <--    ;-)

I doubt it could be used as firewall. And if, I'd never recommend having the
firewall on the same system as the data.

Cheers,
Nils

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If you want to have some fun, I run openwrt x86 in a xen VM on my home
server. You just have to custom compile a kernel from the svn and enable
paravirtualization.

Works great, and i get full performance out of my connection (as opposed to
my wrt54gl which would top out at 30-40Mbit/s)

D.

On Jul 8, 2009, at 11:02 , Bert Van Kets wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> I'm a newbie when it come to setting up a server with enterprise 
> services. I have been using Linux for several years now and have a 
> MythTV box running. I have four PCs running and there's no Windows in 
> this house. :-D
>
> I was playing with the idea of setting up a multi purpose server (file 
> sharing, print server, proxy, DNS, ...). The terms multi-purpose and 
> security do not go hand in hand, but that is a trade off I have to 
> take because I can not afford to run a full rack.
>
> The main question is: Can I use the one machine as a firewall, using 
> multiple network cards on different subnets, and at the same time run 
> Squid, SMTP, DNS, DHCPD, CUPS, etc.. on it?
> What is the take of the experts on a situation like this? Keep in mind 
> this is a home situation with a limited budget.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Bert
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