<div dir="rtl"><div dir="ltr">Hi people,</div><div dir="ltr">As I setup my VPS/dedicated hosting here in Israel, I have been asked by the hosting company (Netvision) to either buy and bring a firewall or rent from them since the bandwidth I bought exceeds what is allowed under their firewall.</div>
<div dir="ltr">They're offering Cisco 1383 (or 1838, I don't remember exactly which model).</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">As a person who really loves Linux, I thought to myself: Why do I need to buy/rent some proprietary Cisco solution? Can't Linux handle the firewall task well? I'm sure Cisco/Checkpoint solutions are great, but yet...</div>
<div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">So here's my question: If you were in my shoes, would you take a cisco or apply some Linux solution? If you say Linux solution, what kind of solution? Could you name an app/module/whatever that can do a good protection against the usual suspect and protect against stuff like DDoS attack? </div>
<div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I prefer the Linux solution because then I can run other services on this machine (small mail server, nagios, etc..)</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Suggestions?</div><div dir="ltr">
<br></div><div dir="ltr">Thanks,</div><div dir="ltr">Hetz</div><div dir="ltr"><br>-- <br>my blog (hebrew): <a href="http://benhamo.org">http://benhamo.org</a><br>Skype: heunique<br>MSN: <a href="mailto:hetz-blog@benhamo.org">hetz-blog@benhamo.org</a><br>
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