-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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 - -- Anthony E. Greene <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]%3E> OpenPGP Key: 0x6C94239D/7B3D BD7D 7D91 1B44 BA26 C484 A42A 60DD 6C94 239D AOL/Yahoo Chat: TonyG05 HomePage: <http://www.pobox.com/~agreene/> Linux. The choice of a GNU generation <http://www.linux.org/> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Anthony E. Greene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 0x6C94239D iD8DBQE8lDbjpCpg3WyUI50RAlQwAKC5QlA+TKPFinv7XQBgrT5t064pJACgtXbN ftlSwa9EYCE4oIMdVfQnOA0= =1dAs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list