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On Sat, 16 Mar 2002, Patrick Beart wrote:
>       My answer is that it's "software", not hardware.
>
>       I'm new to the whole "security" thing, but I've learned that 
>a hardware appliance is better than software, if only for the fact that
>someone is technically already IN the machine when they hit the firewall
>software. With a hardware appliance there's a physical barrier ahead of
>your machines.
>
>       I use the Netscreen products. I think that they're really 
>good at smacking down bad traffic. Moreover, I'm happy that Netscreen
>CREATES IPSec, it doesn't just pass it on.

I hope it wouldn't hurt your feelings to know that a lot of these hardware
devices are BSD boxes with a stripped-down OS.

Tony
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