[CLUE-Tech] AT&T@home and Linux Network

[Joshua M. McClain]

Tim, I couldn't agree more.  :-)   A hacked linux edge router/firewall is
much more powerful than the same under Windows.  I used to run my firewall
on Charter's system back in Atlanta -- I was scanned daily.  Well, they
*attempted* to scan me.

Josh McClain
92 ST185
88 ST162
95 VZN130
Bailey, CO
tartan at mindspring.com

> I agree, if you have an old machine laying around and want to play with
> it and leave it up 24/7, Linux is great and you'll learn a lot.  But for
> a novice (and no offense, but asking the previous question would qualify
> someone as a novice in my book, nothing wrong at all with that!) the
> Linksys boxes, at less than $100 and using less power, as well as being
> more secure if the Linux box isn't set up properly, fit the bill too.

> we've all seen the dark side of misconfigured Linux machines hanging off
> @Home connections (as well as Wingate machines!).  Red Hat has helped a