On Tue, 13 Aug 1996, Nick Simicich wrote:
> > > With this neverending upgrade of client PC's, the availability of
> > > Intel machines powerful enough to act as a firewall increases. Most
> > > of us probably have an old 486/66 they can put 32MB in and run NT,
> > > no?
> >
> > Or 8MB and run FreeBSD or Linux.
>
> Can you really run NT effectively in 32 meg? I have a friend who has 32 meg
> in an Intel box running NT, and he is going to get another 32 meg, because he
> says that whenever he loads any app, the box just sits there and thrashes.
You can effectively run *BSD, Solaris for Intel, and Linux on such a
machine. That offers a large range of commercial and do-it-yourself
options involving filtering, application proxies, and hybrids. Most of
the NT folks I've spoken to wouldn't procure a box with less than 64M on
it to do much of anything. Perhaps one of the NT vendors could post base
requirements without adding any salesfluff?
Paul
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