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I'm just curious why you'd want to build your own firewall/proxy box instead of dropping something like the Linksys router in, especially given that you said that your "linux knowledge is almost zero." Do you want to trust a PC that you don't understand to be your firewall? Are people aware of any serious problems with these little (<$100) boxes that seem to act as a decent DHCP/Firewall/DNS Proxy? Granted, they're not a full fledged statefull inspection firewall, but when all you're doing is outbound processing and you tell it to drop _anything_ inbound then I don't see the problem. Just an idea. -Walden PS. This small "box" also won't annoy your wife since it's about the same size as the cable modem. ------------ Walden H Leverich III Tech Software (516) 627-3800 x11 WaldenL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.TechSoftInc.com Quiquid latine dictum sit altum viditur. (Whatever is said in Latin seems profound.)
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