Re: HW requirements for Shorewall

On 2021-12-31 14:52, Thomas wrote:

> I'm running currently VyOS 1.1.8 on a PC Engines ALIX2D13, a 500MHz
> single x86 CPU, 256MB memory board with i586 architecture.
> This OS is based on Squeeze, and I cannot upgrade to a newer release.
> 
> Therefore I consider to switch to Shorewall running with Debian 10.
> 
> My question before proceeding is:
> Will this board fulfill the minimum HW requirements for a Shorewall
> installation?

hard to say, if in generic you have ram enough on this computer 
shorewall dont mind run on it, its basicly not ram hungry on its own, 
but depending on how complex you have need for iptables setup it could 
easely get out of memory before cpu io is a issue

describe more what your plan is with this shorewall instalation, there 
would then possible come more suggestions on what os fits more on low 
mem