[KLUG Members] Broadband firewalls.
Tahnesha Pinckney
members@kalamazoolinux.org
Thu, 05 Dec 2002 16:44:40 -0500
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>>> jbuist@gsite.com 12/05/02 03:52PM >>>
Cisco has some 800 series routers too that are just plain ethernet
based. I've actually got an 806 laying around that I traded some work
for a while back that I'll be hooking up. You can grab one off E-bay
for 400-500 dollars from what I remember. It's not a bad little thing
to play with so far, and it's kind of nice to have a full IOS machine
sitting in your home to play with and keep yourself familiar with it --
at least that's how I'm justifying it to myself.
Unfortunately, 400-500 smackeroos is too rich for my blood. That's why
I'll probably go with setting up a comp that runs nothing but firewall
software...
Should knock the socks off those Linksys things that I've had a lot of
dealings with. I'm not too happy with them, really. They seem kind of
"shaky" at times. If you keep your eye on Bugtraq too you see an awful
lot of vulnerabilities posted about these devices as they become
insanely popular too w/ broadband users.
I ran a semi-dedicated Linux firewall for quite some time at a previous
place of residence. Worked okay there, because the server sat in an
upstairs hallway where the noise wasn't a big deal. That's my biggest
reason -not- to use a PC for a dedicated firewall. Too much buzzing and
whirring for me.
Justin Buist
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bryan J. Smith [mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org]
> Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 3:16 PM
> To: members@kalamazoolinux.org; Tahnesha Pinckney
> Cc: b.j.smith@ieee.org; members@kalamazoolinux.org
> Subject: [KLUG Members] Re: Nautilus in RH 7.3 and Samba
> shares...revisited... -- certs, IPCop ...
[snip]
> Well, even the low-end, limited ones (DLink, Linksys, etc...)
> cost ~$100-200.
> The "mid-range" ones from SonicWall (VxWorks-based) and
> WatchGuard (Linux-based)
> are $500-5,000.
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<DIV><BR><BR>>>> jbuist@gsite.com 12/05/02 03:52PM
>>><BR>Cisco has some 800 series routers too that are just plain
ethernet based. I've actually got an 806 laying around that I traded some
work for a while back that I'll be hooking up. You can grab one off E-bay
for 400-500 dollars from what I remember. It's not a bad little thing to
play with so far, and it's kind of nice to have a full IOS machine sitting in
your home to play with and keep yourself familiar with it -- at least that's how
I'm justifying it to myself.<BR></DIV>
<DIV>Unfortunately, 400-500 smackeroos is too rich for my blood. That's
why I'll probably go with setting up a comp that runs nothing but firewall
software...</DIV>
<DIV><BR>Should knock the socks off those Linksys things that I've had a lot of
dealings with. I'm not too happy with them, really. They seem kind
of "shaky" at times. If you keep your eye on Bugtraq too you see an awful
lot of vulnerabilities posted about these devices as they become insanely
popular too w/ broadband users.<BR><BR>I ran a semi-dedicated Linux firewall for
quite some time at a previous place of residence. Worked okay there,
because the server sat in an upstairs hallway where the noise wasn't a big
deal. That's my biggest reason -not- to use a PC for a dedicated
firewall. Too much buzzing and whirring for me.<BR><BR>Justin
Buist<BR><BR><BR>> -----Original Message-----<BR>> From: Bryan J. Smith
[<A href="mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org]">mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org]</A><BR>>
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 3:16 PM<BR>> To:
members@kalamazoolinux.org; Tahnesha Pinckney<BR>> Cc: b.j.smith@ieee.org;
members@kalamazoolinux.org<BR>> Subject: [KLUG Members] Re: Nautilus in RH
7.3 and Samba<BR>> shares...revisited... -- certs, IPCop
...<BR>[snip]<BR>> Well, even the low-end, limited ones (DLink, Linksys,
etc...) <BR>> cost ~$100-200. <BR>> The "mid-range" ones from SonicWall
(VxWorks-based) and <BR>> WatchGuard (Linux-based)<BR>> are
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