From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Oct 4 9:56:48 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mail.wanlogistics.net (mail.wanlogistics.net [63.209.114.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B73837B407 for ; Thu, 4 Oct 2001 09:56:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bilver.wjv.com (spdsl-033.wanlogistics.net [63.209.115.33]) by mail.wanlogistics.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA45630; Thu, 4 Oct 2001 12:55:34 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from bill@wjv.com) Received: (from bill@localhost) by bilver.wjv.com (8.11.6/8.11.1) id f94Gt3C93513; Thu, 4 Oct 2001 12:55:03 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from bill) Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 12:55:03 -0400 From: Bill Vermillion To: "Drew J. Weaver" Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: firewall question Message-ID: <20011004125502.C93391@wjv.com> Reply-To: bv@wjv.com References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from drew.weaver@thenap.com on Thu, Oct 04, 2001 at 12:50:25PM -0400 Organization: W.J.Vermillion / Orlando - Winter Park Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message