Re: Best firewall

From: osama bin kenobi (abuse@anarchy.gov)
Date: 09/30/02 

From: osama bin kenobi <abuse@anarchy.gov>
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 11:54:23 GMT

Lars M. Hansen <badnews@hansenonline.net> said:

>On Sun, 29 Sep 2002 09:40:18 -0400, Biff spoketh
>
>> BRONXXELFSKINDUMPINVALID responds
>>>
>>> Your best bet is a hardware firewall if your active on the internet. If the
>>> computer is a Windows Platform and you didn't dis-able a number of Services and
>>> didn't have a firewall installed from the beginning, the chances of your
>>> computer already being hacked/owned is very high. Trojan Horses dis-able your
>>> anti-virus and firewall applications.
>>>
>>> Tracker
>>>
>>>
>>
>>What's a hardware firewall??
>>
>>Thanks
>
>A hardware firewall is another term for firewall appliance. It's a
>(usually) small box that is dedicated for the use as a firewall. Samples
>of hardware firewalls are: Sonicwalls, Watchguards, and to some extent,
>some of these newer products from Linksys and NetGear. (I'm sure I've
>left some out ...)
>
>A software firewall, on the other hand, is the term used for the
>software that is installed on top of an operating system (such as
>Windows, Solaris or Linux). Samples of software firewalls are: Symantec
>Enterprise Firewall (formerly Raptor), Firewall-1, IPchains, and to some
>extent, the new breed of "desktop" firewalls.

What are the advantages of using a hardware firewall compared to a
dedicated Linux/Unix PC as a firewall?

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