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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. The State News, MSU http://www.statenews.com http://www.lansinglowdown.com