Re: Best Firewall

On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 11:09:45 -0500, Shadus <shadus@shadus.org> wrote:

>On 2005-09-01, Volker Birk <bumens@dingens.org> blabbed:
>> hplayer03 <rosnermd@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Just wondering what was the best Free or Purchased Firewall?? ie.
>>> ZoneAlarm, Norton, Sygate...
>> Those are not firewalls. They're "Personal Firewalls", products
>> one doesn't need.
>
>To expand on that (and I agree for the most part) you may wish to look
>into a Cisco PIX, SonicWALL, etc... an alternate solution is a dedicated
>machine running linux/*nix of some variety setup strictly as a
>firewall... although I'm personally a fan of dedicated specialized
>equipment when it comes to networking equipment.

I understand the arguments against software firewalls and pro hardware
firewalls, but these units currently range in price from US$1000 to
more than $15000. There are a few between $600 - $999.

Not exactly attractive to the home broadband user.

If the arguments for hardware firewalls are so compelling, it seems
Cisco, Sonicwall, and others would be developing low cost hardware
firewall solutions for non-commercial home users. What they might lose
in high margins on expensive units, they could regain in volume of
sales of low cost home user-oriented boxes.

Until there are sub $100 dollar hardware firewalls, people are going
to go for the perceived protection of software firewalls, whether real
or not.
Received on Thu Sep 29 20:05:54 2005