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Getting into more enterprise-level firewall appliances would certainly
do the job. But if you have one of those popular Linksys/Netgear
firewall/routers in the $100 range, I think a little kludgeness and
redundancy wouldn't hurt if you have a software firewall like Kerio.
A purchased version of Kerio offers additional features for web
browsing.
http://www.kerio.com
firewall discussion board:
http://www.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups/comp.security.firewalls
-F
Wednesday, July 7, 2004, 10:05:54 AM, you wrote:
c> I think that's a kludge. Here's some examples of "real" firewall appliances
c> which allow you to even NAT servers and phones systems, let alone packet
c> state inspection.
c> http://edgewaternetworks.com/Products/ProductsOverview.html. They start at
c> $800 approximately.
c> -----Original Message-----
c> From: Allan Kaminsky [mailto:allan@xxxxxxxx]
c> Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 12:53 PM
c> To: 'Alex Matulich'; omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
c> Subject: RE: [OT] which firewall
c> Actually, the best protection is to use both hardware AND software
c> firewalls.
c> The hardware firewall provides a first level of protection by providing NAT
c> isolation of your internal IP addresses.
c> The software firewall reinforces this and adds protection from outgoing
c> viral junk and Trojan privacy theft.
c> 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
>>
>> --
>> ,|___ Alex Matulich -- alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> // +__> Director of Research and Development
>> // \
>> // __) Unicorn Research Corporation -- http://unicorn.us.com
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