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me1234   02-01-2006 at 01:56:36 PM

the one that uses the least sys resources, auto-updates, an internet solution that keeps you safe without knowing that you have it installed. right now i have mcafee viruscan 10 and firewall 7. i heard nod32 is pretty good what do u guys think?

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DrCroubie   02-02-2006 at 12:41:10 PM
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got an old 486/Pentium1/2/K6-2, a >300MB hard drive and some spare network cards?

try www.ipcop.org.
uses no system resources (coz it's in a seperate box), keeps you safe, fully configurable firewall, packet inspection, port forwarding, routing, whatever you want.

as for virus protection, besides switching to an OS that doesn't get hit by 99% of viruses (cough *nix, cough *bsd), no idea.

but for both, i'd advise against auto-updating stuff. it's just another open port to sneak stuff through.

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PlutoDelic   02-07-2006 at 01:47:14 AM
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Hardware: PIX
Server Based: M0n0wall
Software: Sygate

some might understand me or vice versa :P

Sygate is really nice ;), 4 years experience with it...no virus came inside 8)

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