Subject: Re: sparc for firewall
To: James Sharp <jsharp@psychoses.org>
From: Jon Lindgren <jlindgren@slk.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 04/11/2001 16:44:33
On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, James Sharp wrote:

> On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, frank ritchie wrote:
> 
> > is a sparc 5 85 w/32mb ram powerful enough for a simple home firewall?
> >
> 
> absolutely.  It wouldn't even notice the traffic you're running through
> it.

I've used one of that exact spec, w/525mb drive, for the past few years in
conjunction w/ a 784k line.  It works great [still!].

-
Jon
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