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Re: Personal Firewall Recommendations
From: stephen at unix dot za dot net <stephen () unix za net>
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 10:50:28 +0200 (SAST)
On Sun, 17 Aug 2003, Chris wrote:
Check out the Cisco PIX 501 series. This firewall can be purchased for only $400 dollars and it runs the same Enterprise software as the big 525's and 535's firewalls. And you can still configure ACL's triple AAA site to site VPN's IDS alerting etc. Awsome value.
awesome value for a single pc connection the internet? i think not. i'd go with what someone else mentioned... slip a linux/bsd box between router + windows pc :) stephen
Chris CCNP, CCSP Tampa, Florida ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sven Pfeifer" <sven () yagonna de> To: <security-basics () securityfocus com> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 3:31 PM Subject: Re: Personal Firewall Recommendations Hi, Kryptos <kryptos () phreaker net> wrote:I've been installing a new system for a friend, and am wondering what personal firewalls might be recommended for a home system running Windows 2000 on a T1 line. Anyone have a recommendation other than ZoneAlarm? Thanks. - -- Kryptos kryptos () phreaker neti?d prefere Tiny Personal Firewall. A great (free) tool for home users. Sven -- 2. My ventilation ducts will be too small to crawl through. --Peter Anspach's list of things to do as an Evil Overlord -------------------------------------------------------[rand. sig. #3] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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