On 6 Dec 00, at 8:06, Kyle Elmblade wrote:

> There is no such thing as a pure "hardware" firewall.

  But the NetScreen product line comes awfully close; it's a closed,
dedicated box, with ASIC-based operation and no accessable OS.
Configuration is via telnet, or a relatively simple web interface.

  This is not a "router with firewall features".  It is not a PC
running an OS and firewall software.
  It does, however, let you restrict outbound as well as inbound
traffic, and it lets you map static external addresses to internal
servers.

  Now it does start at, I believe, nearer $2000 than $200[*], but I
wouldn't put business servers on the net with anything less.

[*] More capable models carry higher pricetags.

David G

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