Re: [TCLUG:8178] old systems as routers, uptime

[Christopher Reid Palmer <reid@pconline.com>]

"Daniel M. Debertin" wrote:

> Truthfully, I have had close to zero crashes. The thing that brings me
> down after those large lengths of time are things like kernel upgrades, or
> the desire to try out FreeBSD :).

That's what I figured. :)


> As far as running services like the ones
> you mention on your machine, it works fine, although I'll warn you -- if
> this is going to be a firewall box, every service you run on it is a
> potentially exploitable hole. A bare-bones, I-just-do-packet-filtering
> sort of box is best as far as security is concerned (and security is a
> concern is you are connected 24/7 at the same IP address like me). If
> you've got the resources, I would strongly recommend running DNS, Web etc.
> on an internal box behind the firewall.

Yeah, yeah, I figured you were going to say something like that, since
it's the truth and all. :( Thing is, I can only stand so many computers
making noise in my bedroom, and I can only scrounge so many old boxes.
(Besides, my power outlets are groaning under the strain as it is.) I
could use my main workstation as the server, except that I dual-boot
Linux and NT, and taking your Web, FTP, CVS and mail servers down on a
whim is considered tacky. Sigh. I don't suppose it helps that I'll be
running OpenBSD on this do-everything box. :P


Resigned to my fate,
-- Chris

  Christopher Reid Palmer : http://www.innerFireWorks.com/