Re: 3COM OFFICECONNECT ISSUE

"Volker Birk" <bumens@dingens.org> wrote in message
news:441523ad@news.uni-ulm.de...
> Somebody. <somebody.@nospam.russdoucet.com> wrote:
>> I'm not sure what other kind of advice you're going to get than the
>> obvious,
>> buy another (real) firewall. Something like a Watchguard or a Fortigate
>> or
>> a NetScreen that is built as a true firewall appliance. Not a Linksys,
>> D-Link, or 3-com most of which are really just gateway network devices
>> with
>> a few added features.
>
> Or a simple PC with *BSD or GNU/Linux.

Most people that post a question like the OP did aren't capable of setting
up such a thing, that's why the OP asked for an appliance solution. If he
were capable of such a thing, and capable of managing it, then indeed that
would be a viable solution.

>
>> Hint, they should cost more than $500.
>
> No. And it's a very good idea to have two of them, if high availability is
> required.
>
> Yours,
> VB.

Excellent: Please tell us which firewall appliance can handle full blown
DOS attacks at 10Mbps in high availablity mode for less than $500.

-Russ.
Received on Mon May 1 00:56:40 2006