Re: Firewall/Router: Dedicated Server or Appliance?
From: André Gil (andregil_at_vianw.pt)
Date: 11/02/05
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To: <security-basics@securityfocus.com> Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 02:14:41 -0000
Well on my opinion that depends on what features you need on the firewall.
As for the router I guess it's mostly a matter of taste.
Anyway, what will the firewall protect?
You say the network has 1000 users, but will it protect a mission critical
system? Or just some servers? Are those systems that need protection under
constant attacks?
I guess those are some questions you should try to answer and then, after
carefull thinking checking what kind of features you need on the firewall.
After that I guess you should go and do a market search. Then you should
consider the cost of mounting a dedicated server only for routing/firewall.
Then after that and after every features taken into consideration, you could
devise a better answer.
I'm assuming your institution has limited budget and that you want to
maximize the features and extensibility of the solution and minimize the
cost.
André Gil
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nuno Marques" <nmarques@di.fc.ul.pt>
To: <security-basics@securityfocus.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 11:10 PM
Subject: Firewall/Router: Dedicated Server or Appliance?
> Hi everybody,
>
> what do you think it's the best choice for a college network?
>
> The network has something like 1000 users, we have been recommended an
> astaro appliance, what's your opinion about it? Any other suggestion? Will
> a dedicated server do the same thing?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Nuno
>
>
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