OT: ADSL safe practices and setting up a home network

[Bruno Wolff III]

On Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 10:13:35 -0700,
  "Wolfgang S. Rupprecht" <wolfgang+gnus200604 at dailyplanet.dontspam.wsrcc.com> wrote:
> 
> Note, I can't see the value of running one of those under-powered
> boxes as a firewall.  Why?  It uses the same software firewall that
> fedora does.  Why not run the firewall on a more powerful box like
> your main computer?

They cost less than using a dedicated general purpose machine for that purpose.
They don't make as much noise as a general purpose machine.

So if you want a machine that will act as a firewall for the rest of your
network 24x7, it can make sense to use a firewall box to do this rather
than a general purpose machine.