qdemn7
Smurf in My Loop
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Fort Worth, TX
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Re: Hardware Firewall
said by Corvus  :
And good hardware firewall doesn't mean a 50$ router 
So what would you (and Mellow) reccommend as a "good" hardware firewall? |
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koitsu
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Mountain View, CA | A pair of scissors. |
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Mellow
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For the best I would go for a PIX. But your everyday consumer cant afford or configure that kind of setup. I recommend something that has SPI and has rule sets. An easy user gui doesnt hurt either. If you want cheap you can find the Netgear FVS318 at staples for $150. I have this installed at a remote office handling VPN with no problems. If you want to go cheaper and have a spare box you can do a smoothwall/ipcop/etc.. linux software firewall. I use ipcop at home and love it, it runs fine on an old cyrix 586 with 64megs in it. Just chunked in 3 nics and configured it, so now I got wan,lan,dmz. You cant beat that price $0. |
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qdemn7
Smurf in My Loop
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Fort Worth, TX
| said by Mellow :
For the best I would go for a PIX. But your everyday consumer cant afford or configure that kind of setup. I recommend something that has SPI and has rule sets. An easy user gui doesnt hurt either. If you want cheap you can find the Netgear FVS318 at staples for $150. I have this installed at a remote office handling VPN with no problems. If you want to go cheaper and have a spare box you can do a smoothwall/ipcop/etc.. linux software firewall. I use ipcop at home and love it, it runs fine on an old cyrix 586 with 64megs in it. Just chunked in 3 nics and configured it, so now I got wan,lan,dmz. You cant beat that price $0.
Tanks for the info. That Netgear looks like a good deal for $120 @ Newegg. Actually I was thinking of upgrading to Zywall 10W. I've been very happy with my $30 DLink DI604, but I'm always thinking about what's next.
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shuubz
A Good Kind Of Pain
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Dexter, MI
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HW Firewall
Netgear FVS-318, updated firmware, remote admin turned OFF.
List price is USD149.00 for a true-stateful-inspection appliance.
Can clone a MAC address on the external interface, in case you use a Comcast-like, sphincter-grade ISP that registers MAC addies. Includes an 8-port 10/100mb switch.
Good set-it-and-forget-it security, will even email/ship logs to a designated syslogd-enabled entity.
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AnonGuy
@verizon.ne | reply to qdemn7
Re: Hardware Firewall
I run Smoothwall, (www.smoothwall.org) and it does a great job. Easy setup, web interface etc.. Check it out. |
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qdemn7
Smurf in My Loop
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Fort Worth, TX
| said by AnonGuy:
I run Smoothwall, (www.smoothwall.org) and it does a great job. Easy setup, web interface etc.. Check it out.
Thanks for the heads up. I'm running ZA Pro + NAV 2003 behind my DLink and I'm pretty happy.
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