Douglas Mays wrote:
> Cisco PIX 506 or 501.  Let the firewall run on another piece of hardware
> all together...
>   ...
> Firewall software on a server is not a good idea unless you just have
> to.

Agreed, the box (what ever it is) running as a firewall should have
a minimal set of software running.

If cost is a concern and your not afraid of UNIX you could consider
OpenBSD (http://www.openbsd.org)

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