Thank you for the correction..
*********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********
On 7/6/2001 at 11:59 Ben Nagy wrote:
I think a better definition is that a "hardware based firewall" would need to run dedicated ASICs (or whatever) for all firewall functions.
Anything that uses any kind of code that runs in read / writeable RAM is a software solution. And yes, that includes firewalls that boot from read-only media.
Any other definition is sophistry. A Cisco PIX is no more "hardware" than a linux box running iptables.
As far as I know there are no extant hardware based firewalls. None. Nil. Zip.
Cheers,
--
Ben Nagy
Network Security Specialist
Marconi Services Australia Pty Ltd
Mb: +61 414 411 520 PGP Key ID: 0x1A86E304> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven Pierce [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 11:13 AM
> To: Zachary Uram
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: zone alarme and udp 44767
>
>
>
>
> Zachary,
>
> A hardware solution is one that is like a machine. So if you
> took a router that had a firewall built into it
> that would be a hardware solution. Anything that is
> physically on your desk,etc is hardware. Software is
> anything installed on the machine, so zonealarm would
> software. Now you can have hardware and software also.
> If you have Linux (Any Flavor) installed on a old 486 that
> would be both hard and soft.
>
> Does that help??
>
> Steven
>
> If anyone on the list would like to add to this please do, or
> if I am off base please let me know.
>
> S
>
> *********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********
>
> On 7/4/2001 at 01:12 Zachary Uram wrote:
>
> >eh?
> >what is a 'hardware solution'?
[...]
