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2003/1/18-19 [Computer/Networking] UID:27148 Activity:high
1/18    So I have a cable modem and both a Debian Linux and a WinXP
        machine. I want to set up one as the firewall/server for my
        internal network to the internet.  Which is preferable and why?
        \_ obLinuxSux! & obDoesntWorkWithCableModem.
           Seriously, I'd pick linux since its possible to secure it
           to some extent (unless you really need asp and vbscript
           in which case you are stuck with XP).
           \_ Clueless n00b.  You can run asp, etc through the linux firewall.
                \_ Dipshit, I know you can port forward, but he said
                   he wants a single fw/server. If that is the case
                   then he is stuck with xp. And if he wants vb, asp
                   etc, he is also stuck with iis.
                   \_ Do a little research on reverse web proxies (specifically
                      URL based proxying)
                   \_ good thing all the politics threads got deleted,
                      so we can have intelligent technical dialog like
                      this.
        \_ I'd do linux if you already have it. It doesn't really need any
           resources (P100 is fine) and if you don't play with it, will be
           up for 3-6 months at a time (it's a cheap PC, so you'll probably
           have some hardware failure or trip over the cord every so often.)
        \_ or if you were lazy and had about $75, you could buy NAT-in-a-box
           like a Linksys cable router/firewall, but then accessing your
           linux box would be a bit trickier, if you needed to get at it
           from the "outside".
           \_ you can get one on craigslist for ~$40
        \_ Or you could pay an extra $5/month and get a real IP for both.
           Using pf on openbsd and both winroute and zone alarm 2.x on w2k
           each with own public IP.  As far as I know, nothing ugly has
           happened after 2+ years like this.  Script kiddies run into the
           fw's on both *all* the time but nothing serious is going on.
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