split/isolate network

[rikona]

Hello Mark,

Friday, November 19, 2010, 1:42:29 PM, Mark wrote:

M> On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 1:24 PM, rikona <rikona at sonic.net> wrote:
>>
>>  Also, it looks like 10.04 will not install on the less-capable-hdwe
>>  box. If you know of alternative S/W that might work on older hdwe,
>>  please let me know. And, if there's a very inexpensive hardware
>>  solution that would do the above, that might be preferred, since I'm
>>  far from being a linux/network guru. :-)
>>
M> I used to hear about older versions of CentOS being good for this.
M> You might want to ask there, too (see centos.org for the mailing list
M> info).

I'll check it out. Is an old version likely to have security problems
that would be significant?

I also heard, in a separate conversation, that there are, supposedly,
special very small linux versions that are used as a separate-box
firewall, and may be quite tolerant of old hardware. Is it likely that
it might also be able to do what I need [which is not really a
firewall]?

Thanks for the reply...

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 rikona