[SunHELP] Solaris as firewall for windows network

[Phil Stracchino]

On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 10:31:20AM -0500, Marvin Cummings wrote:
> I'm wondering if it's possible to put an Ultra sparc 10 to use as a firewall
> for my windows network? This is a small network running w2k3 web, mail, and
> file servers. I have both solaris 8 & 9. Can anyone recommend any scenarios
> for using sun in this capacity? I currently have a linksys and I can also
> try ISA, but I'm kinda interested in what some others have done, if this has
> been done. 

An Ultra10 with two NICs running SunScreen on Solaris 9 ought to make a
perfectly serviceable firewall for that application.


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