having worked on embedded firewall / router before, i would say that i'd rather prefer buying a turnkey solution especially if it has plenty of value-added services such as IDS/Anti-Virus, VPN, DHCP, auto-updates, etc. Features + manageability is worth the investment. but you can also have the same with DIY embedded-linux firewall but Total-Cost of Development is now part of the equation even if you're only going to use readily-available OSS because you still have to perform test for stability, make customizations, etc. not to mention the hardware you're going to support once the deal pushes thru. industrial-grade PCs w/ small form-factors from Taiwan might do (nano-ITX, anyone?).
Manny wrote:
Does anyone have an idea how much the locally-available firewall appliances are going for? Would you think these prices are reasonable? if not, would it be better to buy abroad and just bring it in through friends? What do you guys think?
I've got a possible client who's interested. I've brought up the idea of using Smoothwall, but they seem inclined towards a turnkey solution that's easy to administer. So they're looking at one of those rack-mounted thingies.
God bless!
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