First, my apologies to the poster and the list for my smart comment and
waste of bandwidth. I was a smartass mood at the time (obviously a bit more
ass than smart ;) )
what a lucky many you are:)
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>
> Such questions are asked and asked.
> I'm not after those who ask. I understand that it is easier/faster
> to ask than to search the archive (add to this that nothing says
> to check the archives:).
And they will continue to be and I don't ever expect them to stop. Some
quite interesting discussions do arise from such posts.
> Anyway, questions like "which FW, which NAT, which moon,
> is to be used, is the best, is better, ..." have been seen a lot
> of times, and the real and only answer is "guy, it depends!
> reformulate your question, man".
I guess more of my reason for the post. The right solution(s) really
depends on far informationt than provided.
> A question like "which NAT to use" may seem ok, but it's not
> if you follow the list. My answer will always be "ipfilter on *BSD",
Mine too. :) However, if the guy has problems searching the archives and
doing a little upfront research first, then setting up and maintaining a
OpenBSD box with ipfilter, probably requires a bit to much work to setup and
configure.
> but others might say "iptables on Linux", and others may even
> give other answers... And then after, the guy says "oh no, I meant
> NAT under Amiga. my boss wants an Amstrad but I insist on using
> Amiga". Once you get such things a hundred times, you just say
> fSck....
So, I guess, Mr. Overfield, to provide you with an answer that would be the
most help, you might want to provide some more technical requirements on
your setup. Or if you've since done research and are trying to make a
decision between two or three products that seem to meet your needs, tell us
which ones you're leaning towards and why.
- Give us a price range (moderate is a relative term)
- You want an all-in-one product (hook-up, configure, and go) or is software
product that runs on top of an OS that you install yourself okay?
- What services (if any) to the outside world are you providing?
- What services do your users require access to on the Internet?
- What in-house OS expertise do you have (NT, Linux, Solaris, OpenBSD)?
There are all kinds of questions that affect your decision and the more info
you provide, the more you will get out of the responses.
Again, my apologies, my intent is never (ok, almost never) to insult anyone
or make them feel bad.
Good luck on your quest,
Mike
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