Platform for reverse proxy server appliance

["Andy Davies" <dajdavies@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm toying with the idea of building a reverse proxy server to sit
between my ADSL router and the Tivo plus a few other boxes.

The geek in me fancies the idea of building one using a cut down
version of Linux plus delegate (or another proxy) on something like a
PC Engines WRAP board (http://www.pcengines.ch/wrap.htm)
or one of
the Soekris boards (http://www.soekris.com/).

The pragmatist on the other hand says go for a mini-ITX or other SBC.

As a minimum I'll need a board that's x86 based with at least a
couple of ethernet ports, serial port and CF socket (could use a
CF/IDE adapter for this)

Any suggestions on which route to go down or which other boards to
look at?

Cheers

Andy