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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!newsfeeds.sol.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!panix!news.columbia.edu!osiris.giss.nasa.gov!newsfeed.gsfc.nasa.gov!usenet From: rcrit@bigdog.gsfc.nasa.gov (Rob Crittenden) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Free firewall? Date: 13 Feb 1997 20:10:03 GMT Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center -- Greenbelt, Maryland USA Lines: 22 Message-ID: <5dvser$rto@post.gsfc.nasa.gov> References: <330333EF.48C8@usa.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: bigdog.gsfc.nasa.gov X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.3 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:157826 comp.os.linux.networking:68159 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35356 In article <330333EF.48C8@usa.net>, Mike Yorke <myorke@usa.net> writes: >I'm looking into setting up a firewall for our network since we'll be >getting a dedicated connection to the Internet. Since my company is a >non-profit organization, we don't want to sink $10-$20K into something. >Is there any "free" firewall software out there that would run under >FreeBSD or Linux? And if so, does the "you get what you pay for" factor >weigh heavily with this free firewall? Also, can you point me towards >any good references on UNIX-based firewalls? I'd like to learn more >about this subject. The Trusted Information Systems toolkit is free (they make Guantlet)). You can get it from ftp.tis.com in /pub/firewalls/toolkit. You have to send them an e-mail request for it, but I believe it is still free. rob -- Rob Crittenden Hughes STX Unix Administrator NASA Goddard Space Flight Center rcrit@sled.gsfc.nasa.gov