Re: [Hampshire] [OT] IPCop replacement ... comments?

Philip Stubbs wrote:
> I always thought that it was not a good idea to have the firewall on
> the same machine as your other services. Maybe things have changed,
> but in the past when people have suggested adding mailservers, file
> storage etc to a firewall machine, the normal response was not to do
> it.
>
> As I understand it, the reason is if you keep the firewall machine
> to doing just one task, it is going to be easier to make sure it
> stays secure.
>
> Personally, I would probably take the risk to avoid having to run
> extra machines.

Is it worth factoring in that many people operate reasonably good
firewalls on their ADSL routers these days?

Sean