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mediocer   10-24-2006 at 06:16:01 PM

Right now I have a basic D-Link router with a built in firewall and comodo firewall for the software side. I want to be the only one to access my computer to home from work.

My question is, would it be worth it to go out and purchase a piece of hardware, such as Sonicwall? Or is my setup fine?

I tried searching before posting. I am new to this, like many others.

Thanks.

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evongugg   12-08-2006 at 01:37:50 PM
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Can your router handle VPN?
VPN would be a cheaper alternative.

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inxs   12-22-2006 at 10:51:28 PM
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http://freedom9.com/products/product.php?p=28

Thats a hardware under $500, takes care of Firewall/VPN with Anti virus, spam, web and content filter and even IDS IPS. Check out the emulator on this page.

I love this thing for all it can do esp for the price. Totally worth it.

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Sanjaya_Sugiarto   12-25-2006 at 11:29:17 PM
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In most cases, a router and a soft firewall are enough for private user (as long as well configured!).

Anyway, if you do want to use hard firewall, than I would suggest you to buy an old PC (Pentium 1 or 2) and install Linux based firewall on it like:
- Smoothwall ( http://www.smoothwall.org/ )
- IPCop ( http://www.ipcop.org )

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