RE: Need secure firewall for SOHO

["Bryan S. Sampsel" <bsampsel () libertyactivist org>]

My favorite firewall is still BorderWare.
http://www.borderware.com/products/

But, it's kind of overkill for SOHO...

What you need is a solid firewall device/server at the LAN entrypoint,
much like his existing Linksys.  Additional client side firewalls are a
good idea too, but should not be used in lieu of a central firewall.  They
are an excellent supplement to a dedicated firewall.

Personally, I like F-Secure for the PC side firewall software...

For SOHO firewall appliance, these should work:

Netgear makes several SOHO devices, supporting up to 253 client IPs.  The
number of physical ports is irrelevant, a supplemental switch can be
connected to the device.

Cisco PIX,
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/vpndevc/ps2030/ps2031/index.html


Sincerely,

Bryan S. Sampsel
LibertyActivist.org


Beauford, Jason said:
> Smoothwall.org
>
> Sounds perfect for your situation.
>
> JMB
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DAmbrosia, Jim [mailto:Jim.DAmbrosia () montgomerycollege edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 8:47 AM
> To: security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: Need secure firewall for SOHO
>
>
> To the group,
>
> I have a colleague who has a SOHO network using ADSL.  He is using a
> standard Linksys router for his firewall, but has reached a limit in the
> number of ports it can open and manage.  I don't have one on hand to
> check, but evidently the Linksys only has ten slots to configure ports to
> be opened and he needs 12-15 or so.
>
> Without a lot of money he wants to get a different firewall up and running
> that has more ports that it can manage.
> I suggested the free version of zone alarm as the only free one I'm aware
> of; however it turns out that he wrote his thesis on how you can crack
> zone alarm.
>
> Looking for another much more secure solution?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim,