From: Brandon Mercer (nomercyeutonian.com)
Date: Thu Jun 02 2005 - 07:40:45 CDT

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Brian McKerr wrote:

> I am thinking of getting one (or two) of these for my new firewall,
> just curious if nayone has any opinions on its suitability in such a
> role. Spec as follows;
>
> 64bit 360mhz CPU (IIi)
> 128mb RAM
> 1 x 18gb 10krpm
> 2 x integrated NIC
> 1x PCI (which I intend to put a dual port compaq/intel NIC in)
>
> Basically, I have a low traffic mail and web server behind this
> firewall it also is my OpenVPN server for one VPN. I have around 90 pf
> rules.
>
> I may even chuck a squid cache on it given its got heaps of free disk.
>
> Lastly, does anyone know if these have a 40 pin IDE connector for the
> optional CDROM and if so do you reckon it would be able to boot from a
> compact flash ?

This should work out fine for you. I've got a couple sun boxen and they
work best with openbsd. They are solid, quiet, low power consumption
and just plain neat.
Brandon

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