I appreciate the comments all. Basically, it is a temporary solution until I can scrounge up some older PC's on which to setup firewalls. I work for a non-profit and we have very limited funds and what we can purchase is very limited due to stipulations set forth by our sponsors purchasing system. Don't get me going on that can-o-worms. :-/
You could say that they are business boxen. They are certainly not hobby servers. Thanks all, ~T Quoting Lim Ghee Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Forgot to mention about www.tinysoftware.com .. but zonelabs is good too. The > > later versions is stable and includes mail attachment filtering... He did > mention that he's looking for a firewall application instead of a hardware. > > > Regards > LIM GHEE LAM > On Wednesday 18 September 2002 05:30 pm, Mark L. Jackson wrote: > > There is absolutely no way I would go with any Zone Labs product. > > Buggy, > > unreliable, and not very responsive to issues. > > > > Very little info to go on here. Not sure if this is a personal machine > > or a business machine. That makes difference. You did not say what the > > box is going to be used for either. Without this info any > > recommendation > > is just someone talking out of their ass. > > > > > > Here are some guidelines. For a business server: Checkpoint will run > > on > > a pc, or you can get a Nokia appliance. Both are very good, but > > expensive and you have to know what you are doing. Same for the Cisco > > Pix, although it comes in it's own hardware. > > > > From your email it sounds like you are on a budget. If this is not a > > business server then you might consider Kerio or Tiny Software's > > Products. I am generally opposed to running the firewall app on the > > server you are trying to protect, but in a bind it will work. > > > > Since you don't have anything to build a firewall with (for *nix that > > is) then you are definitely in a hole. I would suggest at least > > getting > > an appliance even if it is a simple Linksys. Of course you could go on > > Ebay and pick up a workstation for the same amount of money as the > > Linksys and then put in a firewall. > > > > Lack of info, means not much help. > > > > > --- Unix, it's the only way to fly. ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/
