Re: help in firewall

["Bruce Smith" <bruce_the_loon () worldonline co za>]

This is one of those difficult questions in that personal preferences come
into it. I find Java slow and poorly interfaced, and for something like a
firewall where speed is a major issue, taking a second to filter a packet is
not going to work, I wouldn't use anything other than C/C++ in native form.

As a firewall management interface, it's a brilliant idea. Manager runs
anywhere, any platform as long as a JRE is available. Cisco does it with PDM
and I guess others do.

If you're planning on running on a Unix platform, I know GCC has a Java
compiler that uses Java syntax, but compiles to native binaries.

One last point, if this isn't a commercial project, ie you aren't building a
firewall to sell, but only want one to use for your own site, why go to all
the effort of building a system when you can implement Linux (ipchains etc)
or a FreeBSD with its own ip filtering. Works well enough for the costs.

Regards

Bruce A. Smith
Internet Services Administrator
PE Technikon
South Africa



----- Original Message -----
From: "karthikeyan c" <c_karthi_keyan () mail com>
To: <firewall-wizards () nfr net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 9:51 AM
Subject: [fw-wiz] help in firewall


> hi,
>    we are interested in implementing a firewall using java.we would like
to know whether this project is feasible or not.your valuable suggestions
are welcomed to c_karthi_keyan () mail com
>                  thank you,
>                                karthik,
>                                aravind.
>
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