tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143925273655347334.post397523285866366411..comments2024-03-29T12:54:21.282+00:00Comments on drsolly: Configuring the pixdrsollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15954188290191548178noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143925273655347334.post-70620912501592019162012-12-17T07:23:22.286+00:002012-12-17T07:23:22.286+00:00"Use one at home" is a bit incorrect. Ye..."Use one at home" is a bit incorrect. Yes, I live here. But so do about 100 computers. I'm not just a hobby user!<br /><br />Yes, iptables is nice, but I'm very unkeen on running a firewall on the computer that's being firewalled, I want it on a separate box. <br /><br />For me, the advantage of a pix over a linux box doing the same job, is that in my experience, pixes never crash, or develop a bad hard drive, or a faulty power supply, whereas PCs do. The problem is that anything with moving parts.<br /><br />And that's why I'm contemplating using a Raspberry Pi as a firewall.<br /><br />But I think I've made a breakthrough on why I couldn't get the pix working. If my theory is right, I *did* have it working, but ...<br /><br />When I test the theory out, if I'm right, I'll post the details.<br /><br />And if I get more spammers, I might have to use a captcha to keep them off.<br />drsollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15954188290191548178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143925273655347334.post-67267446821341844612012-12-16T01:57:45.063+00:002012-12-16T01:57:45.063+00:00As someone who works on an ASA, just a glorified P...As someone who works on an ASA, just a glorified PIX, frequently, I can't imagine deciding to use one at home. I'm just so much more at home on a nice Linux box with iptables or the like :) I imagine you're the same way.<br /><br />Also, dang, spammers.Bill Weisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09717874521757123865noreply@blogger.com