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Old 12-08-2004, 08:10 PM   #1
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Not enough memory to install FC3...?!


Yep, popped in Fedora Core 3 tonight into my soon to be firewall/router and I get prompted that I do not have enough RAM!!

The box:

p120

32mb RAM

6gig Drive

3 NICS

Looking at release notes, it needs 64mb of RAM for text mode install.


Well, that sucks.

Anyone have any suggestions on a distro to use that will work with this box?

I plan on using:

iptables (text version, don't want a GUI)
some sort of VPN, maybe freeswan


Any suggestions?

Was a little surprised when that popped up.

Bummer.
 
Old 12-08-2004, 08:28 PM   #2
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something small... and since it'll just be firewall/router, have you considered a bsd flavor? they seem to be popular for that use.

try:
http://www.freebsd.org/
 
Old 12-08-2004, 08:37 PM   #3
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I hear that u can get really small packages dedicated to that sort of stuff...

these are a direct copy and paste from the guru3d.com forums

Smoothwall - http://www.smoothwall.org

The description as per their website.

SmoothWall Express is an open source firewall distribution based on the GNU/Linux operating system. Linux is the ideal choice for security systems; it is well proven, secure, highly configurable and freely††† available as open source code. SmoothWall includes a hardened subset of the GNU/Linux operating system, so there is no separate OS to install. Designed for ease of use, SmoothWall is configured via a web-based GUI, and requires absolutely no knowledge of Linux to install or use.

So there you have it, nice and easy and you don't even need to know Linux to install.

I think that is one of the major things that people are worried about, is that you don't know Linux so you won't even touch it, when in reality, there is very little of Linux you need to know, even with the Desktops.

So this is probably my first choice of Firewall.

The second would be IPCOP, now I haven't noticed an update to this for a little while and haven't heard what's happening with it, but when version 1.4 is realeased, it's going to be nice.

So.......IPCOP

IPCOP http://www.ipcop.org

IPCop implements existing technology, secure programming practices and outstanding new concepts to make it ‘the’ Linux Distribution for protecting single home computers, to large corporate networks from intrusions and attacks. Whether for your home, or SOHO, IPCop will scale to fit your needs. IPCop has even been rumoured to be implemented and protecting larger, more complex networks too.


A firewall that can be used at home, and even protecting larger and more complex networks.

Much the same as Smmoothwall, easy to install, just boot off the CD ROM, answer a few questions, and then jump into the Web Interface for further configuring.


So there are the 2 most common Firewalls, there are a number of them though, some are LiveCD's and can be used as Firewalls/Routers if you can't afford some of the more expensive Cisco Equipment.

I really encourage you to grab one or both of these if you want a secure network or home machine.

Now, the requirements for these.

You could run these on an old 200MHz - 300MHz computer with 64MB of RAM, and a 1GB hard drive, and 2 NICs, that's the main part you really need, is the 2 Network cards, one is your Red Zone, which is also known as the Internet, the other is the Green Zone, which is your Network or home machine.

That's it, of course if you are running a larger network with more computers, than you may want to increase that to a bigger hard drive for the in built proxy server that the Distro uses to cache more things, and also so it can handle the load.
 
Old 12-08-2004, 11:51 PM   #4
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I suggest you go with devil!

http://www.devil-linux.org/home/index.php

Devil Linux boots from CD with /etc on a floppy for easy configuration. If you write protect the floppy, then there's no way that a hacker can plant any root kits or other stuff on your router/firewall. Your machine is well within the limits of their system requirements, too:

http://www.devil-linux.org/product/system.php

Martin
 
  


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