From owner-freebsd-security Mon Sep 27 17:15:54 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from atdot.dotat.org (atdot.dotat.org [150.101.89.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D6AE1548C for ; Mon, 27 Sep 1999 17:15:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from newton@atdot.dotat.org) Received: (from newton@localhost) by atdot.dotat.org (8.9.3/8.7) id JAA13329; Tue, 28 Sep 1999 09:42:01 +0930 (CST) From: Mark Newton Message-Id: <199909280012.JAA13329@atdot.dotat.org> Subject: Re: Help me win the MS-Proxy/ipfw war To: scott@computeralt.com (Scott I. Remick) Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 09:42:01 +0930 (CST) Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <4.2.1.4.19990927195047.00d813e0@mail.computeralt.com> from "Scott I. Remick" at Sep 27, 99 08:05:24 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Scott I. Remick wrote: > Any advice to a small-time network admin for a small (32 employees) company > that is stuck in the MS_WAY = ONLY_WAY mindset? We are overdue for a > firewall but the PHB wants NT/MS-Proxy installed, while I'm arguing for > FreeBSD/ipfw instead. Go in after work one night and install FreeBSD. Once your firewall is a fait accomplis, inertia will help you get your way. [ on the other hand, if management is that dense you might want to "solve" the problem by changing employers - I doubt the boss' belligerence is confined to FreeBSD, if you see what I mean... ] - mark :-) -------------------------------------------------------------------- I tried an internal modem, newton@atdot.dotat.org but it hurt when I walked. Mark Newton ----- Voice: +61-4-1620-2223 ------------- Fax: +61-8-82231777 ----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message