Re: Can this be done?

From: Wolfgang Kueter (wolfgang@shconnect.de)
Date: 03/25/02


From: Wolfgang Kueter <wolfgang@shconnect.de>
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 03:29:07 +0100

Jim Strand wrote:

> Pardon me but your response indicates you didn't read my original
> posting.

Nevertheless I answered your question. Forget about ZA on the firewall
box. We are takling about about a network firewall (probably doing
packet-filtering, maybe proxy too) and no matter whether the OS of that
machine is Linux, windoze or whatever, ZA is not a piece of software
you'd run on such a machine.

> I don't want to use a Linux box.

Why not? It's stable, it's free, it comes with a built-in packet-filter
(the same applies to other free Uni*es of course)

> That was made clear from the beginning.

Seems so, I feel sorry for you, that you are not wanting the advice to
use free software and thus save money.

> Unless I can use the Windows based software please don't suggest or
> comment about Linux.

Well, if you like you can use windows stuff like winroute for
routing/packetfiltering purposes. For the Anti-virus checking you might
try to use the ISA proxy togther with Trend Micro or something similar.
Might work but be prepared to pay quite some money for such a solution.
If you are willing to pay for software and an unstable OS, feel free to
do so, I won't force you to save money if you feel the strong need to
support microsoft.

Wolfgang

-- 
A foreign body and a foreign mind,
never welcome in the land of the blind.
Peter Gabriel, Not one of us, 1980



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