On Saturday 07 June 2003 05:42, Luis Lebron wrote:
> I know there is a lot of expertise on running web servers in this group.
> So, I'm going to ask a couple of questions.
>
> I am currently a public web server with an iptables firewall. A security
> consultant has suggested that we buy a separate firewall for the firewall
> instead of running iptables. 

If you know what you're doing then an iptables based firewall is as secure as 
any paid-for product.

> He recommended a Symantec VelociRaptor or one
> of their firewall appliances.

Did he give reasons why?

> Does this sound like good advice? Are there any other models we sould look
> at?

Any consultant worth their fees should give a summary of what's available and 
pros and cons of each and why they have come to the recommendation that they 
have _based on your needs_.

If you're still looking for a non-commercial solution then do a quick search 
on freshmeat.net and sourceforge.net.

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Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.biz
Open Source Software Systems Integrators
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