RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] firewall appliance

["Ross, Matthew" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

>From Shannon's email:
"You can get a basic one for around $70, and if you
want features like a print server or modem backup, it will run you
around $120."

Consider you're looking for one yourself. You can pay $250 to get a device using an OS you either don't know, or could do yourself, built by someone you don't know and who can't pay for the damages if it fails and lets something terrible through. 
Or you can pay $70-120 and get a device using an OS that puts configuration in nice, friendly web-like pages, will pay a reasonable amount if their device fails to protect you, and the manufacturer is known and trusted by thousands of large companies, and millions of users.

So in summary, no, there would not be a market for those as priced.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ognen Duzlevski [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 4:31 PM
> To: MLUG Off-Topic Discussion
> Subject: Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] firewall appliance
> 
> 
> OK I asked for it ;). What I really meant was "how much are 
> you willing to
> pay for one?". I am basically wondering what the market for 
> those things
> is and think I can produce a decent linux based firewall from new
> components and sell it for $250 or perhaps lower. My question 
> should have
> been "based on your experience, would there be a market for 
> these as the
> price above?".
> 
> Cheers,
> Ognen
> 
> On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, John Engelbrecht wrote:
> 
> > Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 16:25:39 -0500 (CDT)
> > From: John Engelbrecht <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
> > Reply-To: MLUG Off-Topic Discussion <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
> > To: MLUG Off-Topic Discussion <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
> > Subject: Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] firewall appliance
> >
> > http://www.tigerdirect.com
> > http://www.walmart.com
> > http://www.staples.com
> > http://www.pricewatch.com
> >
> > On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, Ognen Duzlevski wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > > just curious, how much does a 5-port hardware firewall 
> appliance usually
> > > cost? I don't mean an old pentium with a software 
> firewall but one of
> > > them small hardware appliance boxes...
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Ognen
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