Firewall recommendations?

From: Staffan Ulfberg (staffan_at_ulfberg.se)
Date: 04/27/05 

Date: 27 Apr 2005 17:44:18 +0200

Hello,

I'm looking for a firewall to replace a WatchGuard Firebox that's
about four years old. The WatchGuard works very hard, and we simply
need something faster.

The firewall has about 5 active VPN connections, with one or two of
them being reponsible for the majority of traffic, which is currently
about 5 Mbps.

Can anyone comment on the Linksys RV082 and RV016 firewalls? I've
read good things about them, but I'm a bit concerned that they may not
be powerful enough.

We've been thinking about setting up a Linux or FreeBSD firewall, but
really want to save the time for setting up and maintaining one. We
would really like to have something flexible, reasonably fast (so it
can keep up with a few years of increased traffic), and preferrably a
user interface that's made for people who understand networking.

Just a link to some serious test would be appreciated!

Staffan

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