RE: Software versus Hardware Firewalls

[Devdas Bhagat]

On Wed, 02 May 2001, Hiemstra, Brenno spewed into the ether:
> An OS where a hardware based firewall runs on isn't
> like the same as an OS that runs on a SUN.
An OS is an OS. There have been plenty of issues with IOS and other
such OSs as well (See BUGTRAQ). If you want a secure machine, try
OpenBSD or a Trusted *nix, or something better for your firewall.

> You must do a lot more effort on securing Solaris 
> then on an OS that runs on a PIX or Nokia.
More work for Solaris, how much for OpenBSD?

Not  flame, but the biggest advantage hardware firewalls have is their
speed. 

Devdas Bhagat
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