[ale] VPN choices...

[Jeb Barger]

If you like smoothwall, you should look at m0n0wall

Jonathan Rickman wrote:
>>I'm not sure how you seperate VPN "access point" from firewall, but then I'm a
>>programmer not a network guy.  Currently, DMZ not required but I have heard
>>that we may begin hosting our own public server(s), so DMZ support would
>>probably be good.
> 
> 
> The Checkpoint appliance I linked to earlier has DMZ support. With the
> Cisco gear you have to step up to the 515 ($$$) to get a dedicated
> port. The good news is that Cisco gear is plentiful on the used
> market. Assuming the Linux users are reasonably tech savvy,
> configuration will not be terribly difficult for either. FreeSWAN
> works well with the PIX. On the checkpoint side, native clients are
> available for MS and Apple, but the Native Linux client is fairly
> outdated (by Linux standards) so it can be a little tricky to set up.
> The Checkpoint is probably a better solution from a pure
> administration perspective, other than the linux clients. I'd play
> with something like smoothwall before making any recommendations to
> your IT guy. Smoothwall is very nice, and is getting better and
> better. Sounds like it would work nicely for you.
> 
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> Jonathan
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