I have to agree here. While the idea of using an embedded device that is intended to do a specific job, and do it well, is really nice, I think its also intended for a larger environment.
I can see this card being used for a rack of systems that could treat all of these card as a single device, of sort, and be able to route through the cards quickly and efficiently. The specs from the page do not reference what PCI bus it uses, or what external environment it requires, as it most certainaly will require a host to accept. I admit its impressive looking, but I would venture that its rather expensive and you could probably do more with less, using commodity hardware, as LEAF does. For the high end stuff, sure it requires better hardware, but I think you need to evaluate what it is that you are doing, versus the hardware you expect to use. my 2 cents joey -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ben Wang Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 8:01 PM To: joah moat Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [leaf-user] Is this Hardware more effective than LEAF? The difference is, its all set up for you and ready to go. Its alot like any other hardware solution on the market where the OS and settings are done all you need to do is configure it match your own situation. Unless of course that board comes with an onboard encryption processor other than that it looks like just a standard embedded system without a nice looking enclosure and power supply. Ben joah moat wrote: > Hello, I came across this PCI Firewall card: > > http://www.netmaster.com/products/ggblade.shtml > > Does this card have any major technical advantages over LEAF? (I know > LEAF has the advantage of affordability, but from a layman's standpoint, > I'm just curious what are the advantages such a device has over LEAF.) > > _________________________________________________________________ > http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=htt p://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials > Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of > GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system > administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
