[geeks] 486 as router/firewall/server

[Boatman on the River of Suck]

On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Geek wrote:

> Also, which of these OS's/version are best for router/firewall/server?
> FreeBSD 4.3, Debian Progeny 1.0, Red Hat 7.1, or Caldera Workstation/Server.
> I mention those because they are the ones I have burned already, and not
> ready access to a burner(the one I do have is off site and not much chance
> to burn there). Any and all recommendations appreciated.

I'd go with NetBSD, but out of those, it's FreeBSD.  A packet has a
shorter route through a system running a BSD kernel than Linux.

Peace...  Sridhar