What hardware firewall doesn't use an OS?. Granted one does not install the OS as part
of the installation, but hardware firewalls have an underlying CPU and software, just
pre-configured.
They are optimised for that software set-up and can have Asics to speed up various
tasks. But they are susceptible to software problems as much as any other OS. Look at
problems with Cisco's IOS. or Nokia boxes.
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Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 06:42
To: 'Rob'; GNAC
Subject: RE: Software versus Hardware Firewalls
Pro's for Hardware FW's (apart from which vendor):
- more scalable
- more throughput
- faster then most software solutions
- no OS which can have holes / bugs
Con's for Hardware FW's
- expensive
I would suggest to go for what you suite best.
If you like BSD, go for BSD.
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