On 04/04/2010 12:32 PM, Dave Ihnat wrote: > On Sun, Apr 04, 2010 at 03:26:52PM -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote: > >> I see no benefit to a hardware router vs. running Linux with the firewall >> configured. >> > Well, yes, there is. Two different platforms, different firewalls, mean > that no single attack vector can be used on both of them. > > I wouldn't recommend the BEFSR41 line, though. Get a WRT54G/WRT54GL and > load either Tomato or DD-WRT. Much more capable than the native > firmware, and free to boot. (Or to run...joke...) > > >> There are good, free, firewall packages you can run on a cheap machine. >> > That's effectively what you're doing with the free firmware on > commercial firewalls, without the need to maintain another full OS and > usually in a very much smaller physical package. > > $0.02, YMMV, etc. > > Cheers, > -- > Dave Ihnat > dihnat@xxxxxxxxxx > I have found that yes it is quite old I am about to flash the firmware to the latest befsr-v1.46.02_FW_code its a bin file and from what I understand under linux I am to use tftp to do this tftp 192.168.1.1 mode binary put CODE.BIN I am just trying to figure it out before I go ahead Michael -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines