Re: [edlug] Which firewall?

[John McAulay <jmcaulay@xxx.xxx.xxx>]

You really don't need to worry about mac os 9 connected the the 
internet, you won't need a firewall, just connect it directly to the 
external modem, and let rip,

I can almost guarantee nobody will get into a mac os 9 machine,

John

On 29 Apr 2004, at 19:16, Catriona & Anand wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am about to connect an old OS 9 Imac to the web. Its internal modem 
> is dead.
> To save cost I will network it via ethernet to an old headless 486 
> running
> some version of linux with firewall and an external serial modem.
>
> I may possibly want to run a web cache on the linux box, but no other 
> fancy
> stuff.
>
> What are people's recommendations for a linux + firewall installation. 
> It is
> some months since I looked at the state of play. I am leaning toward
> Debian...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Anand
>
>
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