Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 12:04:04 -0700 From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> Cc: Jim Shankland <jas@flyingfox.com>, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Commercial vs built in firewall capabilities of FreeBSD Message-ID: <335FAEA4.446B9B3D@whistle.com> References: <3.0.1.32.19970424130621.00b82320@sentex.net>
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Mike Tancsa wrote: > [...] To go to a new dedicated customer and > say "look, we can give you a unit that will act as your gateway, provide > decent security for your LAN for basically the cost of the hardware, plus > our consulting fee, or you can go with one of these commercial products for > $XXX, and will provide you with YYY features that the other solution wont > give you", gives us that much more flexibility... > > I guess what I am really after in asking these questions is a response like > "FreeBSD + its security software ? No way! You cant protect against XXXXX > attacks... Its crucial!" But so far, I havent seen any show stoppers... > > One thing I have found somewhat suprising in this research project is the > reaction to Microsoft's PPTP RFC, or to be more precise, the lack of > reaction to it. I did a search through Dejanews (for those of you who > havent tried it, check out http://www.dejanews.com), and found absolutely > no mention of in in the FreeBSD mailing lists, or in the newsgroups, and > hardly any mention of it even in comp.unix*... Is it because its a > Microsoft initiative ? > check out www.whistle.com for a FreeBSD based version of what you are talking about. VPNs are not yet implimented and the firewalling is still being improved. but as a drop-in box it does admirably and it's a lot cheaper. >
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