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Date:      Thu, 4 Oct 2001 12:55:03 -0400
From:      Bill Vermillion <bill@wjv.com>
To:        "Drew J. Weaver" <drew.weaver@thenap.com>
Cc:        freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: firewall question
Message-ID:  <20011004125502.C93391@wjv.com>
In-Reply-To: <B1A7D9973EBED3119ADD009027DC86492B15DD@mailman.thenap.com>; from drew.weaver@thenap.com on Thu, Oct 04, 2001 at 12:50:25PM -0400
References:  <B1A7D9973EBED3119ADD009027DC86492B15DD@mailman.thenap.com>

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On Thu, Oct 04, 2001 at 12:50:25PM -0400, Drew J. Weaver thus
sprach:

> is a freebsd firewall as good as a "hardware" solution such as
> watchguard fireboxes or Cisco products?

Locally there is a company - GTA Associates - who build a firewall
product.  Fully NCSA certified.  You can buy it in software only
form - or you can buy a piece of hardware with three NIC cards -
that has the software in what is essentially a ROM image.  

His application - The GnatBox - is BSD based.  I've had a client
who had a pair - one at his location - and one in our colo facility
- so he could move data to/from his servers over a private network.

Fully configureable.  When I first met Paul Emerson, the owner,
almost all of his clients were overseas as the need for security
wasn't being addressed as strongly in the US at that time.

That being said any firewall depends on how well you configure
or mis-configure it.   

http://www.gta.com

I have no interest in this product other than that I know the
people involved and they make a good product.

Bill
-- 
Bill Vermillion -   bv @ wjv . com

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