Jack:
That's a really good point: the biggest advantage that
a LEAF system has over a low-end LinkSys/Sonicwall/Netscreen
appliance is that LEAF *really is* a Linux system. A user can
add software to it almost as easily as adding software to a
RedHat desktop; just find the package.lrp file and "lrpkg -i"
it. Install ssh/scp clients, perl, IPSec endpoints, nmap, even
FTP servers. Can't do that to PIX nevermind a LinkSys box.
-Scott
On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Jack Coates wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Scott C. Best wrote:
> > > that you can make from old spare parts or find laying out in the trash
> > > or a friends garage?
> >
> > Well...it's not as if you build it from paint cans and nerf
> > footballs. :) It does turn the doorstop of an old PC into something
> > that becomes one of the most important pieces of a broadband network,
> > though.
> >
> > > Do you need a cheap VPN gateway solution without
> > > the thousands of dollars in licensing fees?
> >
> > Akshally, the low-end LinkSys and Sonicwall stuff do VPN
> > passthru and one-notch up they do VPN endpoint, without the licensing
> > that (say) Cisco or Watchguard would charge.
> >
>
> these days, the opportunity cost of building a LEAF system instead of
> buying an OTS unit for <$100 is getting to be arguable... I'd focus on
> flexibility rather than cheapness.
>
> --
> Jack Coates
> Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
>
>
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