Re: FW: Easily configurable firewall?

From: Brian Cervenka (brian@zerobelow.org)
Date: 12/06/01 

Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 14:58:50 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Cervenka <brian@zerobelow.org>
To: <dfelgar@rainierinternet.com>

> I initially looked into hardware devices, but VPN hardware is
> expensive, and there are incompatibilities between different
> implementations. (Some of the inexpensive firewall/NAT devices that
> "support VPN" actually support "VPN passthrough", which is quite a bit
> different.)

Have you looked at the netscreen 10xp devices? They seem to do passable
firewall/vpn for small offices, all in one box. They range from a few
hundred to $1000 or so depending on the number of people in the
office...that's cheaper than buying a new linux box or so...and you dont
want some beat up junker linux box at remote sites you need to support.

--brian