Firewall (1 Viewer)

[Agent Z]

Im in need of a secure hardware firewall. Can anyone please recommend any to me, or does anyone know a good site to get information about hardware security devices, such as firewalls.

 

[neuro_logik]

a good firewall to use is a separate computer (a machine with a cdrom drive, hard disk and ethernet card which go around for like $100+ at a computer market or ebay. doesnt have to be fast, even a 486 would be good and cheaper) and install ipcop or smoothwall, which are linux distributions suited for firewall / network security use.

ipcop: http://www.ipcop.org/
smoothwall: http://www.smoothwall.org/

 

[fatmuscle]

sonicwall

that new symantec firewall looks alright, but bloody expensive

 

[SW220]

In a question relating to firewalls, is that if i have 3 computers that are conencted by a hub, and i currently internet share, do I need a firewall on all computers?

 

[neuro_logik]

no, just your connection to the internet

Personal Machine --> Hub --> FW --> Internet.

Thats if you use the FW also act as a gateway

 

[MedNez]

Hm, if you're using a router with an inbuilt hardware firewall (not sure if hubs can have firewalls in the firmware), then you probably don't need a firewall on any computer, but if you know how to set them up, can't hurt to be safe from probing people like the MPAA