Guys,
I've been using Checkpoint FW-1 4.0 for a long time now, but Checkpoint has
pissed me off by making me pay thousands of $s to upgrade to 4.1 simply
because our previous IT Mgr let our support contract expire. Ideally I
would love FW-1 4.1 for Linux, but upgrading to 4.1 of ANY platform is going
to mean big $$.
So here's my basic question: Can anyone tell me what, exactly, FW-1 can do
that a native Linux firewall could not? I'm talking about using an RHAT 6.2
box with ipchains. I'm on a serious Linux kick here at Health Decisions,
and have moved all of our webservers, DHCP server, DNS, etc. over to Linux.
Several friends of mine run a Linux box as their firewall at their offices,
and I am interested in doing the same.
This question is, of course, independent of ease-of-use GUI, VPN
capabilities (I have Linux PoPToP server and FreeS/WAN for PPTP and IPSEC
solutions, respectively), etc. I'm talking strictly in terms of security,
in terms of being a solid, secure, reliable firewall.
Any thoughts?
Cheers from NC,
Brian
Brian R. Aust
Manager of Information Technology
Health Decisions, Inc.
1512 East Franklin St. Suite 200
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
919.967.2399 x247
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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