I tried google but can't seem to find something that both looks decent
*and* is available for debian (testing) as a binary. For example I tried
qtorrent, but it is so minimal that I don't like it... Or to put it in
another way: Which client resembles most the windows utorrent? (I also
tried ktorrent for KDE and it crashes often...)

Thanx,
Giorgos

Hi all,

I have a 2 MBit DSL connection at home and I have more or less classical
scheme ISP <-> DSL Modem <-> Router <-> home desktop & laptops. Since
recently somebody hacked into my windowz computer I started thinking of
adding a firewall. Since connecting my desktop between the router and
the modem is not an option (it must run windowz due to other members of
my family), I am thinking of buying the cheapest possible second hand
computer which still has two free PCI slots on which to install minimal
Debian (no graphics, only firewall), plug two 10/100 Ethernet cards and
add it in my scheme like this:

ISP <-> DSL Modem <-> Firewall <-> Router <-> home desktop & laptops

The question is actually what is the minimal CPU/RAM/HDD requirement for
this PC? And do you think this is the optimal solution for an intrusion
protection of a small home LAN?

Cheers,
Ivan


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On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 13:07:17 +0300, Giorgos D. Pallas wrote:
>I tried google but can't seem to find something that both looks decent
>*and* is available for debian (testing) as a binary. For example I
>tried qtorrent, but it is so minimal that I don't like it... Or to put
>it in another way: Which client resembles most the windows utorrent? (I
>also tried ktorrent for KDE and it crashes often...)

Did you look at Deluge (package name: deluge-torrent)?

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I have used same system in my home and i have used Celeron 133 Mhz,32 MB
SD-Ram,2 ethernet card,1.2 and 2.1 Gb HDD for firewall(iptables for local
LAN and WAN) and other some services.Its enought for me.I haven't got a
problem.

On 27/07/07, Ivan Glushkov <glushkov@mail.desy.de> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have a 2 MBit DSL connection at home and I have more or less classical
> scheme ISP <-> DSL Modem <-> Router <-> home desktop & laptops. Since
> recently somebody hacked into my windowz computer I started thinking of
> adding a firewall. Since connecting my desktop between the router and
> the modem is not an option (it must run windowz due to other members of
> my family), I am thinking of buying the cheapest possible second hand
> computer which still has two free PCI slots on which to install minimal
> Debian (no graphics, only firewall), plug two 10/100 Ethernet cards and
> add it in my scheme like this:
>
> ISP <-> DSL Modem <-> Firewall <-> Router <-> home desktop & laptops
>
> The question is actually what is the minimal CPU/RAM/HDD requirement for
> this PC? And do you think this is the optimal solution for an intrusion
> protection of a small home LAN?
>
> Cheers,
> Ivan
>
>
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sorry not celeron it is pentium-s sorry for my fault.

On 27/07/07, Semih Gokalp <semihgokalp@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have used same system in my home and i have used Celeron 133 Mhz,32 MB
> SD-Ram,2 ethernet card,1.2 and 2.1 Gb HDD for firewall(iptables for local
> LAN and WAN) and other some services.Its enought for me.I haven't got a
> problem.
>
> On 27/07/07, Ivan Glushkov <glushkov@mail.desy.de> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have a 2 MBit DSL connection at home and I have more or less classical
> > scheme ISP <-> DSL Modem <-> Router <-> home desktop & laptops. Since
> > recently somebody hacked into my windowz computer I started thinking of
> > adding a firewall. Since connecting my desktop between the router and
> > the modem is not an option (it must run windowz due to other members of
> > my family), I am thinking of buying the cheapest possible second hand
> > computer which still has two free PCI slots on which to install minimal
> > Debian (no graphics, only firewall), plug two 10/100 Ethernet cards and
> > add it in my scheme like this:
> >
> > ISP <-> DSL Modem <-> Firewall <-> Router <-> home desktop & laptops
> >
> > The question is actually what is the minimal CPU/RAM/HDD requirement for
> > this PC? And do you think this is the optimal solution for an intrusion
> > protection of a small home LAN?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Ivan
> >
> >
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Giorgos D. Pallas wrote:
> I tried google but can't seem to find something that both looks decent
> *and* is available for debian (testing) as a binary. For example I tried
> qtorrent, but it is so minimal that I don't like it... Or to put it in
> another way: Which client resembles most the windows utorrent? (I also
> tried ktorrent for KDE and it crashes often...)

I don't know the windows clients, but have you tried Azureus? It's
available for Windows, Linux and OSX, and it is in the Debian repo.

I have not tried the 3.x branch, but the 2.5 branch has enough switches
to keep you fiddling for weeks...


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Ivan Glushkov writes:
> ISP <-> DSL Modem <-> Firewall <-> Router <-> home desktop & laptops

You won't need a seperate router. The Debian box you are going to use as a
firewall will do everything the router does.

> The question is actually what is the minimal CPU/RAM/HDD requirement for
> this PC?

I use an old Aptiva with a 386, 48M of RAM, and a 20M drive.

> And do you think this is the optimal solution for an intrusion protection
> of a small home LAN?

It's what I use (but I run only Debian).
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Giorgos D. Pallas wrote:
> I tried google but can't seem to find something that both looks decent
> *and* is available for debian (testing) as a binary. For example I tried
> qtorrent, but it is so minimal that I don't like it... Or to put it in
> another way: Which client resembles most the windows utorrent? (I also
> tried ktorrent for KDE and it crashes often...)

uTorrent in WINE which has an annoying habit of locking up.

ktorrent which, here at least, has run for weeks at a time no problem.

Azureus which is a bloating pig because, for some reason, they though JAVA
was a viable platform to program anything.

Working backwards, Azureus often takes up 300Mb of RAM and 100% of the CPU
all the time. Compared to a GTK/Python with a similar feature set using maybe
30Mb and 10-40% of the CPU. Compared to uTorrent in WINE taking up about 12Mb
and barely a blip on the CPU. ktorrent is about as good as the defunct
GTK/Python app.


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