Re: Firewalls on NICs?

[Rick Zhong <sagiko () gmail com>]

hi,
Cyberguard do have a number of PCI card based (NIC is integrated)
firewalls - the SG6xx series which was originated by snapgear embedded
linux.

http://www.cyberguard.com/products/firewall/SG_Family/SG630.html?lang=de_EN

regards,
Rick Zhong
www.sinfosec.org
www.security.com.sg




On 26 Dec 2005 22:42:10 -0000, maokly10 () hotmail com
<maokly10 () hotmail com> wrote:
> Greetings:
>
> I always wondered if there was a way to program a firewall (not an IDS!) on a NIC,,,,Alot of benefit could be 
> achieved, such as:
>
> 1.Ease the load on the processor.
>
> 2.An ASM based firewall is hard to crack.
>
> 3.Operating systems become a bit further from the attack
>
> I know 3com makes something like i mentioned, but they charge like 150$+...
>
> Could anybody comment on the subject, maybe give me some guidlines.
>
>
>
> thanx in advance
> MJ
>
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