From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 1 11: 2:23 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from server.computeralt.com (server.computeralt.com [207.41.29.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CA2215466 for ; Tue, 1 Jun 1999 11:02:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from scott@computeralt.com) Received: from scott (scott.computeralt.com [207.41.29.100]) by server.computeralt.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id OAA17726 for ; Tue, 1 Jun 1999 14:02:13 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <4.2.0.56.19990601135626.034fa010@mail.computeralt.com> X-Sender: scott@mail.computeralt.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.56 (Beta) Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 14:02:11 -0400 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: "Scott I. Remick" Subject: ipfw vs. MS Proxy Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I just had a meeting where I got thrown a curve ball I wasn't expecting. There is talk of wanting to drop in an MS Proxy server onto our network. I started arguing from the seat of my pants about wanting to use ipfw instead. Well, I managed to keep any final decision from being reached, but I was hoping that someone more experienced with the products might be able to offer some comparisons and arguments. That way, I can go back with more hard-core facts and sway the decision. Any pros/cons, case examples, URLs, anything would be greatly appreciated. And if someone feels this should be cross-posted to freebsd-security, feel free to do so (I wasn't sure so I held off). Thanks a bunch. (As luck would have it, I wore my denim shirt with the FreeBSD logo embroidered on it today, so it was clear at the meeting where I stood). ----------------------- Scott I. Remick scott@computeralt.com Network and Information (802)388-7545 ext. 236 Systems Manager FAX:(802)388-3697 Computer Alternatives, Inc. http://www.computeralt.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message