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Re: Well Lookie Here, Barracuda Networks tries to get me to fall into their trap again...
From: Jeremy Parr <jeremyparr () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:54:13 -0500
On 22 December 2011 14:07, Jon Lewis <jlewis () lewis org> wrote:
Presumably, Barracuda's hardware is i386/i686 compatible commodity parts. It's probably not at all "useless". Just attach a USB DVD drive or USB flash drive, wipe the disk(s) and install your favorite Linux distro. It may take some doing to get all/most of the features Barracuda provides setup on your own...but if you don't have the time/expertise to do it, that's why companies like Barracuda exist.
The hardware Barracuda charges you a very pretty penny for is very low end. $3000 or so that they charge for a mid-level spam filters gets you a single power supply, single hard disk, and a low end processor. According to their site it does appear they offer the product as VM image. This would eliminate the stupid hardware markup and their attempt at backdating updates.
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- Re: Well Lookie Here, Barracuda Networks tries to get me to fall into their trap again... Daniel Seagraves (Dec 21)
- Re: Well Lookie Here, Barracuda Networks tries to get me to fall into their trap again... David Swafford (Dec 21)
- Re: Well Lookie Here, Barracuda Networks tries to get me to fall into their trap again... James M Keller (Dec 22)
- Re: Well Lookie Here, Barracuda Networks tries to get me to fall into their trap again... PC (Dec 22)
- Re: Well Lookie Here, Barracuda Networks tries to get me to fall into their trap again... Leo Bicknell (Dec 22)
- Re: Well Lookie Here, Barracuda Networks tries to get me to fall into their trap again... Michael Thomas (Dec 22)
- Re: Well Lookie Here, Barracuda Networks tries to get me to fall into their trap again... Leo Bicknell (Dec 22)
- Re: Well Lookie Here, Barracuda Networks tries to get me to fall into their trap again... Jon Lewis (Dec 22)
- Re: Well Lookie Here, Barracuda Networks tries to get me to fall into their trap again... Michael Thomas (Dec 22)
- Re: Well Lookie Here, Barracuda Networks tries to get me to fall into their trap again... John Palmer (NANOG Acct) (Dec 23)
- Re: Well Lookie Here, Barracuda Networks tries to get me to fall into their trap again... Jeremy Parr (Dec 22)
- RE: Well Lookie Here, Barracuda Networks tries to get me to fall into their trap again... Eric J Esslinger (Dec 22)
- Re: Well Lookie Here, Barracuda Networks tries to get me to fall into their trap again... William Herrin (Dec 23)
- Re: Well Lookie Here, Barracuda Networks tries to get me to fall into their trap again... Jimmy Hess (Dec 22)
- Re: Well Lookie Here, Barracuda Networks tries to get me to fall into their trap again... Jay Ashworth (Dec 23)