[vox-tech] Firewall

["Jay" <jstrauss@baMAPSzillion.com>]

I'm trying to decide how to setup my next firewall.  I see smoothwall (which I
hear is pretty good) uses only 2 nics (internal and external) and port forwards
request to machines on the private internal network.

Then others use that External/DMZ/Internal setup (like in the ipchains howto).

Why would I choose one over the other?

Also, isn't there some way to setup a firewall that doesn't have hard drive and
boots off the floppy.

Thanks
Jay

Jay Strauss
jjstrauss@yahoo.com