Good Morning,
Go with Zone Alarm Pro, it costs~$40. It actually looks at the packets
and runs an analysis. The most Linksys units are NAT only. The newer units
do offer a firewall application and guess what it is Zone alarm, freeware.
My 2 cents
Earl Ogden
Network Specialist
Regional Training Institute
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 3:39 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Hardware/Software Solution for Standalone DSL User
I understand from reading these posts that a hardware solution is
recommended over a software solution. However, for a single DSL home user
is a hardware solution cost-beneficial? Or is a software solution, e.g.
Zone Alarm. Agnitum, Kerio, etc. best?
One could say that for $70.00 a hardware solution(assuming something like
Linksys BEFSR41 Etherfast 4-Port Cable/DSL Router) is beneficial compared to
the damage that could be done, but convincing a user to spend the money when
there are free software solutions is difficult. Are there hardware
solutions for single users that are more cost effective?
Lastly, I appreciate all the replies regarding my DSL vs Dial-up firewall
post.
Thanks.
Jim
