[ubuntu-ca] Hardware Firewall?

[Jim Little]

Quoting Alfred:
> Is there some way that a Hardware Telephone
> Modem (56K), could be hooked up to a Hardware firewall, like say one of
> the Trendnet DSL Hardware Firewalls, to give better firewall Protection,
> while not making use of a DSL Modem, but a 56K Modem instead?

Yes it's possible but likely overkill for your situation.

If you want a dedicated firewall for your dial-up network you could get an old
486 machine and run a simple dedicated distro like floppyfw or Smoothwall but as
long as you keep your Ubuntu machine properly configured and up to date with
security patches you can feel confident that you are much safer than a typical
Windows user.

Jim