RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] firewall appliance

["Davis, Ryan W. (UMC-STUDENT)" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Actually Ive been wondering about said scripts or web-based
applications. Could you enlighten us? I've been looking for some and had
some potentials, but would like to know what everyone else has got.

-Ryan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ognen Duzlevski [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 5:21 PM
> To: MLUG Off-Topic Discussion
> Subject: RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] firewall appliance
> 
> 
> Thanks. I was under the impression that the $70-120 devices 
> are routers with some limited firewalling capabilities, not 
> real firewalls. BTW, there are a bunch of easy-to-use, web 
> based firewall setup scripts under linux...
> 
> Cheers,
> Ognen
> 
> On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, Ross, Matthew wrote:
> 
> > Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 16:52:16 -0500
> > From: "Ross, Matthew" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
> > Reply-To: MLUG Off-Topic Discussion <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
> > To: MLUG Off-Topic Discussion <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
> > Subject: RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] firewall appliance
> >
> > >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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