[vishnu]

I can certainly understand where random people wouldn't be able to undertake such an obscure setup as mine. But like for example the Linux kernel has code to optimize the kernel to be used as a router, which is a really nice feature. And also, since I have a static IP address from my ISP, I'm able to run my website from my house, for the mere price of my monthly internet connection. It's like getting a co-lo for free, and around here co-los are hundreds of dollars a month. Also, even though there is a lot of information on how to configure the IPTables firewall, it's a pretty convoluted process. I just edit the text by hand, though I think the IPTables authors are working on a GUI interface to the configuration. Maybe they've already done that, I should probably look. So much to do so little time.