Re: HW vs SW firewall
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Date: 11/13/03
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Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 11:41:46 -0800
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 07:58:24 GMT, "Huh?" <kevdela@hotmail.moc> wrote:
>Hello,
>I thought this might be the right ng to ask this. I have been running
>Norton personal Firewall for sometiime, but I was told to use either Sygate
>or Outpost instead, since they are better firewalls. (?) But I also heard
>about Floppy based firewalls. I kinda like that idea since I'd conceivably
>would be able to remove the firewall software off my system, thus freeing up
>some system resources.
>Would this be a valid way to go, or should I stick with a software based
>firewall.?
>I like the features of logging, and intrusion detection, and ip filtering
>etc. Are these available in a floppy firewall?
>Thanks.
www.smoothwall.org
Not a floppy based firewall, but the latest version comes in at about
30 megs.
I have it running here on a P150, with 32 megs ram.
Setup takes approx. 10 minutes, and works like a charm.
tim
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