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On Sun, 2006-09-17 at 19:10 -0700, Ryan Tandy wrote: |
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> Grant wrote: |
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> > I'm going to build a new system to act as kind of a media system |
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> > (music, DVDs) and I'm not sure if I should incorporate my current |
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> > router/firewall system into the new system or keep them separate. |
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> > What would you guys do? |
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> > - Grant |
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> I would put them together to save on power consumption. Just remember |
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> that your firewall does face the open Net, so avoid putting any |
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> (non-encrypted) sensitive files on it. |
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I tend to disagree with that :) If power bills are your concern, get a |
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small low power board to be your firewall. |
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In anycase, I'd keep the firewall stable (x86, not ~x86), and locked |
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down with whatever you feel is necessary - selinux, hardened, root check |
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thingamybobs. |
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Then you can run ~x86 on your media pc. IMHO a lot of media apps are |
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still quite heavily developed, and so you will get useful updates by |
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using ~x86. And if it crashes then no big deal! |
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Your media PC can be regularly updated with the latest hardware if you |
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wish, but your firewall can stay on the same PII for years (like mine :) |
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HTH, |
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Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> |
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