Re: COmpare Firewalls

[dwelch () phoneboy com]

On Wed, 01 September 1999, TUDOR PANAITESCU wrote:


> I am trying to convince the people in the IT dept. here that they should get
> rid of the Microsoft Proxy which is now the only "buffer" between our network
> (192.168.*) and the internet and to get a firewall. 
>
> My questions are: 1. Can anybody point me to a site with some information
> about the poor reliability/security/etc. of M$ Proxy?

MS Proxy is simply an application. It can't protect the OS the proxy server runs on. That in itself should be a reason 
to look for something else. 

2. Can anybody point me
> to a site where I can find information on different firewalls in order to
> compare and (try to) choose the right one?

Network World reviewed a bunch of firewalls recently (requires a free login):

http://www.nwfusion.com/reviews/0719firewalls.html

Or you might also look at this:

http://www.nwc.com/921/921f2.html

> 3. I'm trying also to promote
> LINUX (RH6.0 with ipchains) as a temporary solution; can anybody point me to a
> site where I can find "tons" of information (especially advantages) of using
> LINUX ? ( success stories, important companies using LINUX as a firewall
> etc...).

I don't know of a good site that might be considered an "advocacy" site for Linux w.r.t ipchains, though the best 
argument I can think of is that when a security problem is found, patches are usually available within hours instead of 
days as is the case with Microsoft. 

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