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Date:      Mon, 8 Oct 2001 10:26:41 -0700 (PDT)
From:      David Raistrick <drais@wow.atlasta.net>
To:        "Forrest W. Christian" <forrestc@imach.com>
Cc:        "Drew J. Weaver" <drew.weaver@thenap.com>, "'freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: firewall question
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0110081025290.57484-100000@wow.atlasta.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0110041050450.24408-100000@workhorse.iMach.com>

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On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, Forrest W. Christian wrote:

> On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, Drew J. Weaver wrote:
> 
> > is a freebsd firewall as good as a "hardware" solution such as watchguard
> > fireboxes or Cisco products?

<clip>

> About the only thing some of the commercial boxes provide that FreeBSD
> doesn't is in-path virus and/or java filtering and sometimes caching or
> monitoring of internet usage.   

But all of this could be done..admitedly with more work involved.

...david


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david raistrick (deep in the south georgia woods)
drais@atlasta.net



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