** Private ** wrote: > Ok.looks like we may have a dieing firewall. > i know nothing about hardware firewalls > what do you guys use?
At home an OpenBSD box, at the office a GNatBox (customized FreeBSD distribution) and the datacenter is protected by a pair of Linux machines in a heartbeat / VRRP failover configuration. > what would you recommend. What skills do you have and what features do you need? On what layers do you need to filter, do you need redundancy, do you need to terminate VPNs, do you need to do loadbalancing for the servers behind the firewalls etc.? Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:278631 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5