Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 09:28:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Shankland <jas@flyingfox.com> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, mike@sentex.net, security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Commercial vs built in firewall capabilities of FreeBSD Message-ID: <199704241628.JAA08107@biggusdiskus.flyingfox.com>
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Part of what you're buying in a commercial firewall is expertise: packaged implicitly in the product, ongoing support services, and in some cases, bundled consulting services with firewall setup. Yes, you can roll a pretty good firewall with FreeBSD, socksv5, ssh, etc. It just takes some expertise and time. Whether you're better off spending that (assuming you have it), or spending the money for a commercial product, is purely a business decision. Jim Shankland Flying Fox Computer Systems, Inc.
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