[nsp] Network Firewall

[Lawrence Wong]

Hi Miguel,

Any idea how well Linux+Netfilter would stand up
against TCP/UDP/ICMP floods?

--- Luis Miguel Cruz <luismi at b2bi.es> wrote:
> Maybe a linux box using netfilter?
> 
> 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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