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RE: [OT] which firewall



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I think that's a kludge. Here's some examples of "real" firewall appliances
which allow you to even NAT servers and phones systems, let alone packet
state inspection.
http://edgewaternetworks.com/Products/ProductsOverview.html. They start at
$800 approximately. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Allan Kaminsky [mailto:allan@xxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 12:53 PM
To: 'Alex Matulich'; omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [OT] which firewall

Actually, the best protection is to use both hardware AND software
firewalls.

The hardware firewall provides a first level of protection by providing NAT
isolation of your internal IP addresses.

The software firewall reinforces this and adds protection from outgoing
viral junk and Trojan privacy theft.

Allan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: unicorn@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:unicorn@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alex
> Matulich
> Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 12:40 PM
> To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [OT] which firewall
> 
> >Is there anyone willing to advise a good firewall?
> >Links to sites for updated pc security info are welcome as well.
> 
> The best firewall is an external hardware kind.  I use a NAT firewall
> router, but I know others use a dedicated box running linux.  The
> firewall that comes with linux is pretty good.
> 
> For Windoze software firewalls, it's hard to beat ZoneAlarm.
> 
> Much as I dislike Steve Gibson's alarmist hype, he does have a nice list
> of firewall software along with ones that fail certain tests at
> http://www.grc.com/lt/scoreboard.htm
> 
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