thanks.  I hadn't really thought too deeply about it, but I had tossed
around the idea of a sniffer that could dial out on the modem and call me
at work if someone screws with my network.  However all these ideas
require a lot of learning, so, is anyone interested in creating a killer
app for a $99 computer that isn't made anymore?

Andy

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On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, John Mora wrote:

> On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Jason wrote:
> 
> > > I read somewhere a reference to only needing 1 NIC to have a
> > > firewall.  Does anyone know any issues with this?
> 
> Oh. Bad idea. It would make an awesome IDS/Sniffer/Uptime Monitoring
> station, if anything.
> 
> 1 NIC on a machine destined to be a firewall is just a bad idea.
> 
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> John Mora
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