[geeks] Firewalls...

[Clay Mellender]

Acutally, I have found that you get what you pay for there. If you buy
higher quality stuff, it works quite well. If you buy cheap stuff, that
is what you get, as well as multiple headaches from dealing with buggy
hardware.
Clay

David Cantrell wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 12:49:56PM -0600, Clay Mellender wrote:
> 
> > Actually, the IP Chains and IP masquerading built into linux is very
> > robust. I have been using it for years, and it performs very well, even
> > on a 486 with 20 Mb of ram. Ping times are very good, and with some of
> > the package enhancements there are some very powerfull features.
> 
> I'm not denying that - in fact, I do the same.  But I am wary about trying
> to run too many interfaces on Linux, simply because PC hardware is a bit
> crap.
> 
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