[NBLUG/talk] Inexpensive Box for Trusix?

[Walter Hansen]

Looks like any $30 used computer will do the trick. I've thrown away
better systems than that. I could probably give you a p90 or something.
There's proably a lot of pII's for cheap these days. It could be that
going beyond the minimum could improve performance, but its probaly
doubtfull that exceeding it by quite a lot would provide any more
improvements. This is probably because the typical router/firewall doesn't
exactly have a lot of horsepower.

Hey, one of those mini systems might be cute. HSC used to have some 133s
in that were cute, but their gone now. You might check on ebay. Such
systems were typically made for use in stores as cash registers and such.
I think someone was even designing some about twice the size of a hard
drive.

The following is the minimal system requirements for Trustix Secure Linux
3.0:
● Intel i586 compatible processor
● 64 MB RAM
● 2 * Size of RAM + 500MB HD

> I'm not real familar with Trustix, but I picked up a couple pIII 500+ at
> HSC a couple weeks ago for less than $100 each. There's other avenues for
> used ones also. I'm not sure what you need, but sounds like a pIII is more
> than enough for what you want to do. I'd just get a nice used system for
> cheap and put it up. I've got a Pentium Pro 150 acting as router, file
> server, web server and database server on 128megs of memory. I plan on
> replaceing it with something faster sometime, but it's worked great for
> years.
>
>> I'm looking for the collective wisdom of the list.
>>
>> I'm replacing and old and dying x86 box with a new one. My intention
>> is to load Trustix and have it serve as my home office firewall. I'm
>> interested in inexpensive as, from what I've seen, the specs on
>> pretty much everything out there are more than enough to drive my
>> simple Trustix firewall.
>>
>> Short of building my own box (I'm not sure I want to go that route,
>> but could be talked into it, I suppose), I'm looking for a low-end
>> box *without* Windows pre-loaded (I have no interest in sending a
>> nickel Redmond's way when I'm going to load Trustix on first power-on
>> -- well I have no interest in sending a nickel Redmond's way period,
>> but that's another story!).
>>
>> In my "research" so far I've run across the following:
>>
>> Dell Dimension 2400n (stripped down @ $319+ destination, dealer prep,
>> etc.)
>> HP Compaq dx2000 Microtower Linux (stripped down @ $318+)
>>
>> The Dell looks a bit better in raw specs.
>>
>> Any other ob- or non-obvious choices I should be considering?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> --
>>
>> John J. Nouveaux        Partner, Nouveaux Solutions
>>
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