I'll second that endorsement.  I'm running the Edge firewall on a 486/66 with just a
floppy drive and it works beautifully!

David Carter
decarter@worldnet.att.net

Kendric Beachey wrote:

> On Thu, 06 Jul 2000, Monty J. Harder wrote:
> >  The URL to have your ports scanned is Gibson Research,
> >http://www.grc.com/, look for "Shields Up".
>
> I'm trying this right now against my El Cheapo firewall, an old 486 running
> Edge firewall/router (see http://edge.fireplug.net for details).  I described
> it on the list a few weeks ago; check the archives.  (unrelated:  as I tested
> the URL above, I saw that FirePlug has been acquired by Lineo.  Cool, I guess.)
>
> I'm using the stock, basic, out of the box configuration on Edge, with just
> enough config to let it know where the two network cards are.  GRC is still in
> the process of scanning my ports, but it's taking quite a while, because every
> scan has to keep waiting until it times out, because my li'l firewall is taking
> the "talk to the hand" approach.  Here's a sample of the output from the scan...
>
> Port  Service  Status    Security Implications
>  21     FTP    Stealth!  There is NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER that a port (or even
>                          any computer) exists at this IP address!
>
>  23   Telnet   Stealth!  There is NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER that a port (or even
>                          any computer) exists at this IP address!
>
> etc. for the other ports it tried (25, 79, 80, 110, 113, 139, 143, 443).  (It's
> done scanning now.)
>
> You can take this as another endorsement from me of the Edge firewall.  :-)  I
> looked into linuxrouter and it looked okay too, but it looked a little more
> difficult to fiddle with to get it to work, whereas Edge was almost hassle-free.
>
> --
> Kendric Beachey
> ak@kc.rr.com
>