split/isolate network

[rikona]

Hello Mark,

Friday, November 19, 2010, 5:30:05 PM, Mark wrote:

M> On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 3:54 PM, rikona <rikona at sonic.net> wrote:
>> Friday, November 19, 2010, 1:42:29 PM, Mark wrote:
>>>
>>> I used to hear about older versions of CentOS being good for this.
>>> You might want to ask there, too (see centos.org for the mailing list
>>> info).
>>
>> I'll check it out. Is an old version likely to have security problems
>> that would be significant?
>>
M> If it's still supported, no. If not, YMMV.

>> 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]?
>>
M> Probably, but since I've never needed to do that, I can't say for sure.

From what I've seen [or, better yet, not seen] on the net, there don't
seem to be many people wanting to do that... :-)

>> Thanks for the reply...
>>
M> Any time.

& another tip of the hat...

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 rikona