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What is the best server-based firewall?

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by gregs

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We will be adding a server-based firewall to our network. I'd like to know how the speed of the firewall server may affect web-site performance. I'd also like to hear opinions on the best hardware/software combination.

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by calves

I have a personal appreciation for GNAT Box. I worked with GNAT on a WAN with 500 users. This firewall sat on a Pentium 75Mhz with 64MB Ram and no HD. The cost was under 1,000. The GNAT Box now comes with hardware as a option.
http://www.gnatbox.com/
Easy to install maintain and configure with HTML internface, you can access it from anywhere on your network. With the right configuration, it's almost impossible to break it.

Good luck!

by timber

I use a NT Server with Checkpoint's Firewall-1 the Server is a Dell 1300 with 128 MB RAM and 3 9GB drives running a RAID 5 array. I monitored the effects it had on the WWW Servers and found no noticable difference. The software is fairly easy to setup.
Here is web site with a few good FAQs on Firewall 1 www.phoneboy.com.

Hope that helps.....

by dc1

I would have to recommend CheckPoint's Firewall-1. Depending on the budget, running Firewall-1 on Nokia boxes. Very dependable and extremely fast and scalable.

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