RE: Climate Protection / Re: recommended router plattform
Why not use IPCop.org, it can easily do content filtering and VPN, and there
are plugins for extra functionality as well.
Asbjørn
-----Original Message-----
From: nigel barker [mailto:tech@hiroshima-is.ac.jp]
Sent: 27. oktober 2007 03:54
To: debian-edu@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Climate Protection / Re: recommended router plattform
Herman Robak wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:27:56 +0200, RalfGesellensetter <rgx@gmx.de>
> wrote:
>
>
>> - buy a dedicated internet router (approx. 20 Euro)
>
> In terms of energy consumption special purpose routers are
> much better than generic PCs. Only the extremely low-power
> PCs (mini-ITX from VIA comes to mind) can compete there.
>
>
but you have to factor in the cost to the environment of new materials
and energy use during manufacture and shipping, possibly plus the
disposal of the old PC which isn't broken yet.
Perhaps the school should continue to use its existing firewall, but if
it doesn't have one, buy a dedicated box.
On the other hand, a custom skolelinux firewall, with built in content
filtering and vpn, sounds attractive. Does Debian Edu have the
person-power to maintain such a distro?
nigel
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