>>> On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 1:48 AM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Timothy Sipples <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -snip- > There are some alternatives, fortunately. Tivoli Access Manager for > e-business might be one, as an example. Also, most Linux distributions have > built-in firewall capabilities, including Novell and Red Hat.
_All_ Linux distributions have built-in firewalls. It's literally part of the kernel. You can choose to use it or not, but it's only a few keystrokes away. Interestingly, a lot of the so-called "hardware" firewalls on the market today are actually running Linux under the covers. The manufacturers have added value by wrapping the firewall capability with a (hopefully) easy to use human interface so that you don't have to be an iptables expert to get things set up the way you want them. (Although there are also open source packages out there that will let you do similar things, some of which use a GUI, etc.) Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
