RE: Need secure firewall for SOHO

["DAmbrosia, Jim" <Jim.DAmbrosia () montgomerycollege edu>]

Hi Group,

Thank You so much for the great suggestions so far.

Ok, I got back in touch with him and here's what he said.

1. Cisco - Good -  Cisco - Expensive
2. Unix/Linux on old PC - could be good, however power hungry old PC.  Seemingly more work and space than he wanted to 
commit to.
3. Was a little hesitant regarding the thesis, but I'll keep trying.

Clarification regarding the ports.  He is talking about PAT: port address translation which is combined with NAT: 
Network Address Translation to secure the TCP/UDP ports on the firewall.  The Linksys router he has now will translate 
up to 10 different ports, he is looking for 12-15 or so.

He has ADSL router now, which is a single no fuss networking appliance.  Small little box, no fans, little or no heat, 
no noise.

For little money (famous last words).

Thanks,

Jim,


-----Original Message-----
From: Carson Sweet [mailto:csweet () securitymethods com] 
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 12:59 PM
To: Andrew Shore; DAmbrosia, Jim; security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: RE: Need secure firewall for SOHO

I agree with the 837 recommendation. We've used the 837 extensively at
Security Methods with great results. However, it's not an inexpensive
solution relative to most SOHO solutions unless you wish to go the pre-owned
route. If stability and performance are truly critical issues, it's probably
worth the investment.

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Shore [mailto:andrew.shore () holistecs com]
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 3:59 AM
To: DAmbrosia, Jim; security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: RE: Need secure firewall for SOHO


If you want ASDL and flexible look at the Cisco 837, there are no limits and
Firewall Feature set is secure plus you get full Cisco functionality. I use
hundreds (literally)

Andy
-----Original Message-----
From: DAmbrosia, Jim [mailto:Jim.DAmbrosia () montgomerycollege edu]
Sent: 01 February 2005 13:47
To: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: Need secure firewall for SOHO

To the group,

I have a colleague who has a SOHO network using ADSL.  He is using a
standard Linksys router for his firewall, but has reached a limit in the
number of ports it can open and manage.  I don't have one on hand to check,
but evidently the Linksys only has ten slots to configure ports to be opened
and he needs 12-15 or so. 

Without a lot of money he wants to get a different firewall up and running
that has more ports that it can manage. 
I suggested the free version of zone alarm as the only free one I'm aware
of; however it turns out that he wrote his thesis on how you can crack zone
alarm.

Looking for another much more secure solution?

Thanks,

Jim,