Re: AS/400 Firewall

["Jeffrey M. Carey" <jeffreycarey@xxxxxxx>]

Any single firewall can (and should) a whole network - since all data
should come in via the firewall (otherwise, you're not realy protected
at all!).  The AS/400 Firewall lives on an IPCS card, so the 400
overhead should be minimal.  I will defer a discussion of the merits of
the firewall to other who know more of such products.  I understand it
is the same as the Firewall One product.

One advantage may be that residing on an IPCS, it is in a hardwre
environment unfamiliar to most hackers.  

I also understand that multiple firewalls might be appropriate in some
environments - the topology is the same, though - all traffic from the
public/untrusted network must pass through the firewalls before it can
get to the trusted network.  

Goins, Kirk : CO IR wrote:
> 
> Not being very savvy when it comes to firewalls etc... We have a large
> network of approx. 2000 desktops attached to 60+ servers from NOVELL,
> Alpha's, DECs and AS/400s. Can the AS/400 Firewall software protect the
> entire network? What kind of performance hit would the AS/400 take?
> 
> thanks
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