Sorry...I did leave out some important details. I should probably have had
my cup of coffee first. :)
We also host about 50-70 websites (using IIS) and we have a T3 connection to
our ISP so our traffic does tend to get pretty high. I need a box that will
support this as well. I know both the PIX and the GNAT support DMZs.
Ed
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From: "Jose Nazario" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Edward Ingram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: What firewall to use
On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Edward Ingram wrote:
> One is a Cisco PIX 515 and the other is a GNAT 1000 box.
> The GNAT is a less robust, but much cheaper solution. Since we are a
> relatively small company, cost IS a big issue here, however, I would
> like to know which is the better solution in regards to
> security/price.
if you're goimng to play with GNAT, i would suggest playing with OpenBSD
and IPF, along with OpenBSD's IPSec VPNs. the OpenBSD kernel is among the
finest in the business, IPF has features too many firewalls can't offer,
and the price seems to be right for you: free.
give it a whirl: http://www.openbsd.org/
as a note, several commercial offers are based on OpenBSD.
you didn't note what features you need, just some data to protect. so ..
with that limited info i make my suggestions to you to investigate
OpenBSD/IPF.
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