We've been running 2 Juniper Netscreens since we moved off-campus.  
With 150 students constant connected to the outside world and the  
outside world constantly hammering away out our *nix servers, they've  
never skipped a beat.

Highly recommended.

~mike


>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Eric Weston
> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 8:43 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [MSUNAG] firewall hardware
>
> I'm collecting opinions regarding hardware to use for a firewall. If  
> you
> are interested in weighing in on this subject, I'm interested to hear
> your ideas.
>
> The hypothetical firewall is a purpose built OpenBSD box running  
> OpenBSD
> Packet Filter (pf), on a box that bridges the outside world to a
> protected network of approximately 1000 nodes. The box needs to have a
> network interface for administrative access via ssh, and two
> high-throughput network interfaces to provide the "bridge" from the
> protected network to the internet.
>
> Given this general scenario, what sort of box might you purchase and/ 
> or
> assemble for this purpose? What elements would you consider critical?
> (architecture, interfaces, harddrive or alternative, CPU, etc..)
>
>
>   Thanks,
>                Eric Weston, Libraries
>

Mike Joseph
Programmer/Web Tech.
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