Dag Richards wrote: > Jason Dixon wrote: > > On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 08:05:52AM -0700, Obiozor Okeke wrote: > > > Well I should have mentioned that the ESXi is also running a Windows > > > server VM \ > > > for a custom app that requires it. So the idea was to have one box > > > running ESXi \ > > > and reduce hardware costs. > > > > > > BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! > > > > > > *whew* > > > > Thanks, I needed that. > > > Er yes, you will not be able to get there from here. > > Re-think. > > > Don't run vmware on your firewall. > > If you virtualize your entire DC in to a single box, still don't run > your firewall as a vm. Run a firewall on *hardware* that is not doing anything else. The firewall is practically by definition the thing that is NOT protected by something else; have no additional holes in it or in what it relies on. Like VMWare, or a Windows application server.
-- Ed Ahlsen-Girard Ft. Walton Beach FL
