RE: Re: IP-Cop Firerwall -- PCTECH

Adam,

I apologize.  It seems that I've read things into this discussion
that aren't there.

Humbly,
Bob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam Lang
> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 4:47 PM
> To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
> Subject: [PCTECH] Re: IP-Cop Firerwall
> 
> 
> You are right.  Using the 800 would hurt nto a thing. My 
> original intention
> was just to convey to the initial person, and other readers, 
> that if they
> had hardware less than your 800 mhz recommendation, to not 
> worry because it
> will still work fine.
> 
> As for "If you cant stand the thought of using Open Source 
> software, then
> > don't use it."  I have no clue where that came from. The 
> discussion had
> nothing to do with Open Source verse non open source.  I was 
> just referring
> to your previous comment about using older hardware and HDD 
> failure.  I
> merely made a comment saying that if HDD failure is a major 
> concern, the
> person may want to take into account that appliances are a 
> good solution
> since they rarely use HDDs and you have less moving parts.  
> There are plenty
> of appliances out there that run Linux as their OS.
> 
> "Pay $2,000 to Cisco, plus support costs and
> > consulting/training costs."
> 
> And that training/consulting is a red herring.  As much time 
> as it takes for
> you to teach yourself to be good with Linux and IP Tables you 
> can teach
> yourself PIX.
> 
> I wasn't lookign to try to get into a nitpickign of ideals or 
> points of
> view.  I just wanted to let the person know that 800 is not 
> mandatory.  If
> he had a smaller piece of junk comptuer lying around, to feel 
> safe in using
> it and nto worry about performance.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bob Crothers" <bob2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "'PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users'" 
> <pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 4:17 PM
> Subject: RE: IP-Cop Firerwall was RE:
> [PCTECH]Ilearnedsomethingaboutcertificatesandencrypting 
> filesystemstheother
> day ...
> 
> 
> > Adam,
> >
> > What is used for the base hardware will depend on what you
are
> > doing.
> >
> > To much hardware rarely hurts.
> >
> > To little hardware can hurt.
> >
> > If setting up a home firewall, 200mhz is as low as I go
because
> > I've already thrown all my 100mhz machines in the garbage.
> >
> > In a business environment, if you've got a 400mhz, use it.
But
> > if you've got an unused 800mhz machine, use that.  And yes, a
> > 200mhz might work fine. But the 400/800 might work better and
it
> > doesn't cost me any more to use them.  So the
> > Price/Performance/Risk assessment says use the 800mhz.
> >
> > I repeat: To much hardware rarely hurts.  If you want to
start at
> > 400 then so be it.
> >
> > If you cant stand the thought of using Open Source software,
then
> > don't use it.  Pay $2,000 to Cisco, plus support costs and
> > consulting/training costs.  That is your decision.
> >
> > If I was protecting Fort Knox this would be a non-issue.
There
> > would be NO internet connection!
> >
> > But I'm not.  IPCop works very well for my Company.  It might
> > also work for your company.  But perhaps not...in which case,
> > don't use it.
> >
> > But to me, we are quibbling over meaningless details. And I'm
> > done quibbling.
> >
> > Bob
> 
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