On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 09:06:36PM -1000, Randall Oshita wrote: > Can Mandrake's Corporate Edition Firewall compete with Sonicwall SOHO3 > or even the PROS or the Watch Guards or Cisco? Lets say the Linux box > has the better hardware (1Ghz cpu 1G RAM etc..- overkill but for this > example)
You can do VPNs with Linux. In the long run, a cheaper investment for your network than Cisco- imho. I would use an OpenBSD firewall, personally. > Does the throughput depend on the software or the hardware? Mostly, it depends on the size of the upstream pipe. ;) Unless you are looking at border routing (ie, peering with MAE-West), most "good" cards (3c905c, tulip, etc...) should do the trick. > Anyone know the throughput for the Mandrake firewall? hmm, maybe someone at the company has a clue.
