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Subject: Re: Need a Firewall but donīt know which one
From: Alfred Perlstein <perlsta @ cs . sunyit . edu>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 13:15:57 -0500 (EST)
To: "Barfuß Egon jun." <egon @ computronic . at>
Cc: firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM, ntsecurity @ iss . net, hackers @ FreeBSD . com
In-reply-to: <346ABBED . 9B263F33 @ computronic . at>

simply, FreeBSD offers a firewall where TCP and UDP traffic can be
blocked, allowed or even diverted into a program for it to processes.

and it's free.

-Al

On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, Barfuß Egon jun. wrote:

> Hi there,
> 
> Big problem!
> We are running an internet server but till now we don´t have any
> firewall. Now I´m searching one but don´t know which one I should take.
> 
> I found a site http://www.waterw.com/~manowar/vendor.html with many
> various products and platforms and I got some informations about
> WatchGuard. Does anyone know something about it?
> 
> Is NT a good platform??? I heard that it is a bit unsecure because some
> problems with TCP/IP ports and Redbutton.
> 
> What do you think about it and which platform/system is the best/better
> one??
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
>     Egon
> 
> --
> Egon Barfusz
> Gottschallingerstr. 6
> 4030 Linz
> mailto:egon @
 computronic .
 at
> mailto:egon .
 barfusz @
 ambos .
 co .
 at
> 
> 
> 



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