[SunHELP] Solaris as firewall for windows network

[Phil Stracchino]

On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 06:03:46PM +0100, Javier O. Augusto 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.  
> 
> IMHO, its useless to setup a machine like an U10 only for a firewall.
> Why not a freebsd or a linux firewall instead?

This may be a valid point too, depending on how big of a pipe you're
firewalling.  (I actually have a Sparcstation LX here that's slated for
firewall and PPP dial-on-demand duty as soon as I get around to
configuring pppd on it again.)


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