[geeks] Cisco "firewall" solutions

[Stefan Molnar]

Netscreen 5 Unlimited from ebay is the way to go.  Since again it can be
"transparent", it also has well known blocks aginst various attacks.
Not to mention it is small as all get out.

On Wed, 17 Jul 2002, Kurt Huhn wrote:

> Bill Bradford wrote:
> >
> > I've got a DSL connection with static IP addresses here at the house
> > (switched over to statics yesterday), but its a *bridged* connection -
> > not routed...
> >
> > Does Cisco make a product/router with two ethernet interfaces, that I
> > can use *unnumbered*/transparenty to protect the systems on my network?
>
> You're looking for transparent firewalling?  Transparent as in, one of the
> interfaces has an IP for management only?  I don't know about Cisco, but I use
> a Netscreen-5 here at the house, it has never failed me.  It is currently setup
> in NAT mode, but at the Bungo offices I used one in 'transparent' mode between
> the DSL reouter and the switch - folks used the IP of the DSL router for the
> gateway and had no idea the netscreen was there.  Completely and totally
> transparent.
>
> Cost is about $500 new, with a 10-user license.  Unlimited license is another
> $500, I think.  You might find one on eBay though for cheaper.
>
> A *very* quick check on eBay gives these - good deal on the gray (first gen,
> same as mine)
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2038344028
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2039254440
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2039398356
> There are others, but these caught my eye.
>
> --
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