On Dec 1, 2004, at 7:44 AM, Mike Hebel wrote:
I have just finished (I think/hope) configuring a Cisco PIX501 firewall to replace my older Linksys that did not have a firewall option.
Low Cost: Linksys Router with Firewall option. <snip> More Cost and Even Bigger Beef: A Cisco PIX firewall. It's basically a specialized PC but it has almost no moving parts - I think there's a fan in the power supply but that's it - and it works damn well.
It all depends on the size of the network in question and what type of incoming connection you're using.
Be very careful with the PIX. One set of 'features' it has is what Cisco calls 'fixup' of various protocols, essentially acting as an application-layer proxy. The SMTP 'fixup' is a very wrong very destructive abomination that should be turned off and forgotten about.
--
Bill Cole [EMAIL PROTECTED]
############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
