[nsp] Network Firewall

[Adrian Pirciu]

On Thursday 17 June 2004 12:50, Luis Miguel Cruz wrote:
> Maybe a linux box using netfilter?

I second to that. A linux box has many and very interesting features 
(at least as a firewall). Although, of course, it is not hardware 
based. 

>
> Lawrence Wong wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am currently looking for a firewall to install in
> > our corporate network. Our network mainly runs on
> > Cisco hardware which made me consider using Cisco
> > firewalls as well. We use public IPs hence no NAT is
> > required.
> >
> > Does anyone have any experience to share on the Cisco
> > PIX firewalls? Or any other firewalls to recommend?
> >
> > I noticed that compared to other vendors, Cisco PIX
> > seems to lack in the area of SYN/UDP DDoS flood
> > protection? The closest which I read from it's manual
> > for 6.3 is the usage of some paraments in the "static"
> > command to indirectly manage flooding, but static is
> > used in NAT mode.
> >
> > TIA!
> >
> >
> >
> >
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