[PLUG] $25 firewall
Zot O'Connor
zot at whiteknighthackers.com
Fri Aug 15 14:50:02 UTC 2003
So what are you doing Sept 17th, at say 7pm?
Or better, what did you think you were doing :)
On Thu, 2003-08-07 at 21:14, Dirk Ouellette wrote:
> Yes, you can build a Linux firewall for $25. No, it's not a mid-tower
> 486
> you find in the attic or at garage sale. I'm talking about a sleek,
> small
> firewall with little memory and no hard drive, no fan and no noise.
>
> I've developed a small Linux distro I call COST Linux. I've done a
> presentation at ALG a short while ago, but this time, I'm thinking about
> showing you how to build an embedded Linux firewall with cheap harware
> which
> you can get from eBay for about ~$25. Features includes:
>
> - Linux 2.4.x kernel
> - Netfilter iptables with Shorewall as the firewall configurator.
> - dhcp client/server
> - shell access via ssh.
> - 8MB flash, 16MB memory, no HD, no fan, no noise!
>
> enough to run your home firewall/router which you have total control
> of. I have
> collected various hardware and successfully hacked them. I'll bring a
> few
> samples for show and tell.
>
> Sorry for the cross posting, but I thought this is something everyone
> would be
> interested. I've done my previous presentation at the IBM site, which I
> prefer
> to repeat. ALG, can we schedule something? CTLLUG, would you like to
> come?
>
> Has anyone heard of the above, and if so, what is the consensus?
> TIA, Dirk
>
>
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