[SunRescue] Router vs. PC with router/firewall software...

[Mike Hebel]

>>Both can be either great or terrible.  OpenBSD comes more secure out of
>>the box, but hardware support, poor threading and a very BSD-centric view
>>of IP stack design keep me from using it as much as I could.

I'm going to try OpenBSD on SPARC but we'll have to see how that works
before I make a decision on it.  It only has to handle about 10 machines or
so - not really a big network at all.  Even with me downloading .ISO and
.MP3 files. *grin*

>>Whatever you run, I recommend using IPfilter by Darren Reed.  I've been
>>using it since the SunOS 4 days and it's been incredibly useful.

Thanks!  I'll have to check into it.

Mike Hebel