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More info?)
louise <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in
news:MPG.1d81680e35acb6f69896d2@news-server.nyc.rr.com:
> In article <Xns96C4AF45EED06notmenotmecom@204.127.199.17>,
> notme@notme.com says...
>> J. E. Durbin <slothrop@example.com.invalid> wrote in
>> news:3useh1p0p3scd9v90s0vr301f6fpvnkpol@4ax.com:
>>
>> > On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 11:09:45 -0500, Shadus <shadus@shadus.org>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >>On 2005-09-01, Volker Birk <bumens@dingens.org> blabbed:
>> >>> hplayer03 <rosnermd@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>> Just wondering what was the best Free or Purchased Firewall??
>> >>>> ie. ZoneAlarm, Norton, Sygate...
>> >>> Those are not firewalls. They're "Personal Firewalls", products
>> >>> one doesn't need.
>> >>
>> >>To expand on that (and I agree for the most part) you may wish to
>> >>look into a Cisco PIX, SonicWALL, etc... an alternate solution is a
>> dedicated
>> >>machine running linux/*nix of some variety setup strictly as a
>> >>firewall... although I'm personally a fan of dedicated specialized
>> >>equipment when it comes to networking equipment.
>> >
>> > I understand the arguments against software firewalls and pro
>> > hardware firewalls, but these units currently range in price from
>> > US$1000 to more than $15000. There are a few between $600 - $999.
>> >
>> > Not exactly attractive to the home broadband user.
>> >
>> > If the arguments for hardware firewalls are so compelling, it seems
>> > Cisco, Sonicwall, and others would be developing low cost hardware
>> > firewall solutions for non-commercial home users. What they might
>> > lose in high margins on expensive units, they could regain in
>> > volume of sales of low cost home user-oriented boxes.
>> >
>> > Until there are sub $100 dollar hardware firewalls, people are
>> > going to go for the perceived protection of software firewalls,
>> > whether real or not.
>> >
>> >
>>
>> What? You can go get a refurbished/used low-end one for $100 or less
>> that will have a full 90 day warrantee and support on them.
>>
>> Duane
>>
>>
>>
> Where? If you don't know a lot about firewalls (I'm using Sygate
> at the moment), would a hardware firewall be difficult to set up?
>
> TIA
>
> Louise
There have been some posts providing links for Watchguard units made to
me. Unfortunately, I didn't keep them. I sure if you got on the phone
with Watchguard sales they could point you in the right direction. And I
would suspect the same with other brands such as Sonicwall and others.
The units are plug and play like the Linksys you talked about in your
other post and need little configuration on your part. You could look at
the WG Firebox III SOHO 6 or 6tc line. If you're working with a Linksys
router they are not much different than that just more powerful in the
rules that can be set. Most of the rules for service like HTTP HTTPS,
SMTP, etc etc have already been configured for you. You just have to
enable them when needed, along with being able to make your own custom
rules too when needed. It's a piece of cake.
Duane