The low end Netscreen 5XT runs around $499. The high end units go on up past 20k. The low end unit has a good deal of what the high end ones do. Netscreen certification runs around $10k, not needed unless you a doing some complex things with encrypted links and multi-site monitoring.
They have limited intrusion detection on low end units, for both inbound and outbound traffic. It will generate alarm reports to you via email or whatever. I have used these multiple times to forward to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Complete secure VPN, Radius connectivity, etc. They are the hot firewall company at the moment. The recently announced a deal with Trend Micro. Why does the WAN connection need to be reset, shouldn't the DSL modem recover? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul H. Gusciora" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "KX-T Help" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 11:49 PM Subject: Re: Re: Linksys ( was Re: KX-T: source of Network interfaces) > The SonicWall firewall/router appliance does 90% of what a midrange > Cisco does (stateful inspection, logging, port forwarding) at > reasonable cost and a web interface. Even my SU (spousal unit) who > runs the business and is more focused on other things can reset the > WAN connection when DSL freezes. Sonicwall VPN is supposed to be > feasible with few hassles. The spam blocking / site blocking > subscriptions seem overpriced. > > For the geek-ified (or someone who is not running a business) one can > turn a spare PC (or PCI or NuBus Mac) with two network interfaces > into a router platform using Linux, OpenBSD, or pick your BSD. There > is even some specialized hardware (KnatBox) that has the two > ethernets packaged on a small PC board. > > BTW: The logs have show constant probing of port 135, 137, etc. for > the past 3 years -- even though the WAN link is via dynamic DSL, and > all the computers use MacOS (except for a little emulated Windows for > phone configuration and an old version of QuickBooks for Windows). I > think that the answer to a lot of problems would be to banish > Microsoft networking in favor of FTP! > > Paul H. Gusciora > Chemical Engineer, Systems Scientist > San Rafael, CA > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joel Winarske" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Linksys ( was Re: KX-T: source of Network interfaces) > Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 23:09:18 -0700 > > I never use Linksys routers anymore. > I was hacked through a Linksys router with no port forwarding, cost me a > fair amount of money... > > I only swear by Netscreen firewall/routers now. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ray Pichulo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 10:19 PM > Subject: re: Linksys ( was Re: KX-T: source of Network interfaces) > > > > Carl Navarro wrote: > > > > >And, geeze 500 million!!!! Oh to have owned Linksys stock. > > > > > Well, if it makes you feel any better, Linksys is a privately held > company. > > > > Ray > > _________________________________________________________________ > KX-T Mailing list --- http://kxthelp.com/ > Subscription changes: http://kxthelp.com/mailman/listinfo/kxt > _________________________________________________________________ KX-T Mailing list --- http://kxthelp.com/ Subscription changes: http://kxthelp.com/mailman/listinfo/kxt
