-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 04:11:14PM +1000, Andre Volmensky wrote: > What are the advantages of a linux firewall over something like Windows > with WinRoute on it, or even a hardware based firewall.
If by "hardware based firewall" you mean "a real (read: cisco Systems) router," that is probably your best option (you said "clients", so I assumed enterprise). Linux will give you better access control potential, the Cisco router. A windows box as a firewall? I just spent the last five minutes cleaning up my desk after I sprayed coffee out my nose...seriously, you might as well pull your pants down and bend over for the crackers at that point, and forget flexability or reliability. (Yes, I have had the misfortune of maintaining Windows ICS and a Winroute box that some moron put into production and manglement wouldn't let me replace at first. I really have to wonder how much crack one has to smoke to make this sound like a good idea...) - -- .''`. Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' : proud Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fix a system -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/KOXhJ5vLSqVpK2kRAr94AKCXcJ7JovGIKMRHqB/2By0nUD5VLwCgwtRB 75DRYL/s5VZ6bLFQEIg/s+Q= =RVpS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
