Craig wrote:
> David H. Lipman wrote:
>> From: "Leythos" <void@nowhere.lan>
>>
>>
>> |
>> | Laptops are not designed to run 24/7, they can have cooling issues.
>> |
>> | An old 486 might run a nix version, but you would be better off with a
>> | P2 or P3 machine, or purchasing an appliance, in the long run it would
>> | save you much time, which is money for most.
>> |
>>
>> Just from comparing the power consumption issue of a COTS FireWall
>> appliance vs. a PC setup
>> as a FireWall you would save money.
>>
>
> But, if the OP insists ... they might want to check out FreeNAS. Not
> Linux but Unix (FreeBSD). The blurb:
>
>> FreeNAS
>> https://sourceforge.net/projects/freenas
>> NAS (Network Attached Storage) server supporting: CIFS, FTP, NFS, RSYNC,
>> SSH, AFP, Unison, UPnP, iSCSI protocols, local and MS Domain
>> authentication, Software RAID (JBOD,0,1,5), disk encryption with a Full
>> WEB configuration interface. 32MB only.
>

Sorry, brain-fart. The thread is about firewall and I jump up and down
about a NAS.

<eh>

-Craig