>1) Less moving parts compared to a PC - better reliability than a PC
>2) Generally reduced order of complexity (by virtue of being an appliance)
You can achieve the same by using soekris or mini-itx form factor hardware
>3) Generally better performing hardware components compared to PC
>parts. This becomes evident as for PC firewalls to do their stuff -
>their NICs must run in promiscous mode - which takes its toll on the
>NIC itself.
You can do firewalling without interfaces in promiscous mode
except for bridging firewalls ofcourse
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