It dawn on me this morning that maybe we should be looking at a speaking panel when appropriate as in this case. I remember saying this at the LinuxFest talk, the one thing I like about Linux and open source is the variety available and the one thing I hate about Linux and open source is the variety available. As a durable from next months talk, why don't we try to document in a table a comparison of features as we see it and maybe identify comparisons already available on the Internet.
To preface the presentation, we should talk about firewall fundamentals and best practices. Why do I need one? Why not a Linksys box? I remember two years ago when I learned that I didn't need a cheap black box router for each of my static IPs. We all tend to use the tool that we first learned until someone shows us a different need -- one of the reasons why a hammer is still a very effective fine tuning instrument for network administration. Mitchell Brown wrote: > I would like to see another firewall one. Perhaps a comparison of many > different firewalls? > > IPCop, m0n0wall, Smoothwall, pfSense, Endian, etc. > > That would be ideal for someone like me who is always "firewall > hopping" trying to find the best one. > I find all too often one doesn't have something the other has, or one > crashes too much, or one has a stupid GUI, etc. > > My 2 bits. > > -- > mb > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
