On Wed, May 10, 2000 at 01:15:25PM -0500, Mullins, Ron wrote: > Hey, > I'm trying to take over the firewall of our company. I would like to deploy > a Linux masq'd gateway (which I have done before for another company) to > replace AIX version 4 with NAT. Could anyone give me some ideas as to how > these technologies compare? Are there any arguments that can be made to the > higherups in Linux's favor? Should I (*heresy*) stay with AIX? *me, dodges > lightning strike*
I'd check into running the newer 2.3.99-preX kernels (soon to be 2.4) with iptables/Netfilter support. Iptables can do anything AIX's NAT can do and then some, I'd wager (especially with Linux's QoS features). > Basically, is anyone familiar with setting up both and the pluses and > minuses? Arguments will have to be good, as an entrenched familiarity with > current system. However our MSCE is making noise about NT as firewall. So > with all speed brethren... Try asking on the Netfilter mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. I've found that 2.3.99-pre3 plus Debian 'woody' is very stable for my purposes, despite being somewhat on the bleeding edge. I'd also recommend getting the iproute package, a very nice interface to the newer networking code in the 2.2+ kernel.
