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"Firewall on slow processor"

Does anyone know of any firewall software that can be installed on a 133MHz processor. Ones i,ve seen need 150MHz at least. I know I should probally get a new one but I only need it for surfing and want to get broadband.

Does anyone know of any firewall software that can be installed on a 133MHz processor. Ones i,ve seen need 150MHz at least. I know I should probally get a new one but I only need it for surfing and want to get broadband.

You don't need a firewall for broadband.

Or at all.

Turbonutter wrote:
> You don't need a firewall for broadband.
>
> Or at all

I think i'll agree to disagree with you there.

Yeah, but, I'm right.

ANYWAY

You don't want to be running a firewall on your windows computer, as they are a waste of time. I recommend scraping together a cheap computer and running Smoothwall on it.

133MHz?

What are you using? an Atari ST?

Atari ST's operate at less than 1khz

You can run Linux on it and use that computer as a dedicated firewall, router etc... and do what u want on a faster PC, I'm afraid with broadband and a firewall your PC will not operate very smoothly at all

The thing with broadband is it has a habit of making you use your PC more and have more programs on it. A newer PC would solve all the problems.

I just think broadband on an old PC is a bit ambitious. I also think a firewall is a good thing.

Captain Scarlet wrote:
> Atari ST's operate at less than 1khz

Atari 520 CPU: Motorola 68000 Running at 8 Mhz

:P

Yeah, and the Amiga 1200 ran at 14Mhz, so there. Or was it 12?

I will have to dig out my old Atari STe.

Play magicland Dizzy.