Router/Firewall Recommendation

[Jason Staudenmayer]

> and of course he accessed via wireless 3000 miles away, 
> hahaha.  I hope you
> get the joke.  (who cares about wireless)
I do, I don't need some corporate a-hole plugging his little air port into
my network and opening a HUGE backdoor for some troll like you to exploit.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Otto Haliburton [mailto:ottohaliburton at comcast.net] 
> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 9:53 AM
> To: 'General Red Hat Linux discussion list'
> Subject: RE: Router/Firewall Recommendation
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-
> > bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Eucke
> > Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 8:34 AM
> > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> > Subject: Re: Router/Firewall Recommendation
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Otto Haliburton" <ottohaliburton at comcast.net>
> > To: <techlist at voyager.phys.utk.edu>; "'General Red Hat 
> Linux discussion
> > list'" <redhat-list at redhat.com>
> > Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 6:12 AM
> > Subject: RE: Router/Firewall Recommendation
> > 
> > 
> > > here it is again, all thieves can get around all alarms 
> on any car, but
> > why
> > > waste the effort on a protected car when there are many 
> unprotected cars
> > out
> > > there.  People that are out to network these computers 
> together are
> > going
> > to
> > > waste there time on a computer behind a firewall when 
> there are many
> > > computers on the internet without one.  That's what is 
> meant by keep it
> > > simple simon (or stupid or whatever needs to go there).  
> If you have the
> > > option of using a 3000 dollar machine as a router, good 
> for you, but a
> > > simple effective alternative is a 40 dollar router.  You 
> get the point.
> > 
> > LBB?  Linux Router with stateful inspection?  Cisco 
> "Gibson" watching your
> > connection?  Guess what?  Some Jackass in the sales department just
> > plugged
> > a Wireless Access Point into your network without talking 
> to anyone in IT
> > and your wonderful firewall is now meaningless.  Guys, 
> please put this
> > thread to bed.  There's been alot of opinions thrown about 
> and read by the
> > people asking for them.  Let them decide which route to go 
> and accept that
> > your view may not be accepted as law...it's kinda how these 
> things go....
> > Can we get back to the business of "peer assistance" that 
> this list is
> > meant
> > for and leave the "leg pissing" to other lists?
> > 
> > -Eucke
> > 
> and of course he accessed via wireless 3000 miles away, 
> hahaha.  I hope you
> get the joke.  (who cares about wireless)
> 
> 
> 
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