Date: 23 Nov 2001 14:32:37 -0800 From: swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen) To: "P K" <cyu0635@home.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: router vs freebsd firewall Message-ID: <75g075uni2.075@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <000c01c17455$e1026fc0$0100a8c0@cr1034264a> References: <000c01c17455$e1026fc0$0100a8c0@cr1034264a>
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"P K" <cyu0635@home.com> writes: > ISP will install cisco router to our office for internet access > Do I need the firewall also in freebsd? > ISP said that cisco have firewall function. eg filter, nat, routing > I really want to know what is the different. That probably depends on which of Cisco's routers you will be getting, but I suspect that you'll get a router which has a too-small number of filter rules which don't do good things like "stateful filtering". I could go on if I had these things memorized, but I can tell you that my ISP-provided Cisco router is basically useless for my filtering and routing needs. You can get better ones at greater expense, of course. You might get better/more replies if you identify your router. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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