Randall Oshita wrote:
I'm looking into improving security at my office. Someone before me implemented a Linksys router. I believe the Linksys isbased soely on NAT and does no packet filtering (?). Anyways,How is a Linksys router compared to a Linux firewall (like MonMotha's famous script)?
Utterly crummy :) Linux has the following that Linksys doesn't: *Flexible Routing *Dynamic Routing *Stateful Filtering/Arbitary matching (See extensible) *Flexible NAT **Ability to Forward Arbitrary IP Protocols (not just ICMP, TCP, and UDP) *Packet Mangling *Extensible Archetecture (you can add stuff to it easily) *QoS **Rate Limiting **Packet Prioritization *Not tied to any specific harwdare (which is often slow) *All sorts of physical media options (though not as many as a "real" router) Disadvantages of a Linux router: *General Purpose PC hardware more likely to fail *More difficult to set up *Higher power consumption (and consequentially, heat output) *Can be slower than a dedicated router if extremely old hardware is used *May not sit as well with the suits as a "packaged deal"
Randall Oshita
Feel free to ask any additional questions on any (and/or all) point(s). --MonMotha
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