Re: Firewall/Router: Dedicated Server or Appliance?

[Fred Cohen <fred.cohen () all net>]

At small campuses of the University of New Haven we typically use  
Linux-based firewalls with bootable CDs for the bootup media. They  
basically run NAT and provide only the protection that comes from no  
inbound connections.

FC
On Nov 1, 2005, at 3:10 PM, Nuno Marques wrote:

> Hi everybody,
>
> what do you think it's the best choice for a college network?
>
> The network has something like 1000 users, we have been recommended  
> an astaro appliance, what's your opinion about it? Any other  
> suggestion? Will a dedicated server do the same thing?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Nuno

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