From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael Tremer To: development@lists.ipfire.org Subject: Hardware Buying Considerations Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2020 09:55:04 +0100 Message-ID: <26741AC9-EA07-4684-A864-89745DCC2479@ipfire.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============4708262176448159592==" List-Id: --===============4708262176448159592== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have edited the wiki a bit and removed large parts in the hardware section. Although this email is about documentation, I would like to have the dev=E2= =80=99s opinions first before I pass this page on to the doc team. Please read this: https://wiki.ipfire.org/hardware/considerations This is an article that should give people some guidance on what to buy. Or r= ather what not to buy. I do not want to recommend - at all - any specific hardware here, because tha= t dates very very quickly and still does not work for everyone. What I would = rather like to achieve is that everyone is asking themselves the correct ques= tions before they purchase something. I am too tired of people buying - often cheap - stuff that simply does not wo= rk and they will end up unhappy with. Hopefully we will make the experience b= etter for them and us by getting fewer questions like these. So what I have changed in the content is this: * I am no longer recommending to have a HWRNG. I consider them pointless and = potentially rather harmful than helpful. * I am recommending to think about security first. That means Intel is becomi= ng a difficult buy, but I do not give any solutions either. * People really buy oversized machines. I have seen firewalls with 256G of RA= M using about 1. What a waste of resources. * I assume that accelerated AES is now the default. * And finally, I put an emphasis on the network interfaces. It over-simplifie= s things quite a bit, but I think it is still more important to think about t= hose than having the latest i7 processor. Please let me know your thoughts or where I am absolutely wrong. Best, -Michael --===============4708262176448159592==--