From Chester, Is there a problem with the network? I havern't gotten any email for two days from TCLUG. I really miss the messages. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nate Carlson" <natecars at real-time.com> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 3:11 PM Subject: WatchGuard Fireboxes [Was: RE: [TCLUG] Content Filter] > On Mon, 8 Oct 2001, Churchill, Dan (MN65) wrote: > > I would be interested to know what "blown up" means, exactly. I > > wouldn't expect you to be able to kill a box completely except if you > > were trying to flash the ROM (which I have done with no problems). > > If you're just doing a configuration update, the worst you should have > > to do is put a crossover cable between two of the ethernet ports in a > > loopback type of configuration to default to a basic configuration. > > Yeah, blown up meaning killed the config. Not actually destroyed the > hardware. Had to go through the serial port and reconfig from scratch > (when I reloaded the config file that had caused problems, the exact same > thing happened.) I've had this happen on two different locations (both at > client sites with me doing the work remotely, of course); both times the > techs at WG basically said "it happens" and told me to start from scratch. > > I also can't stand their GUI configurator.. give me ssh, dang it! :) > > > > My recommendation is to avoid them like the plague.. > > > > That's fine. We're all entitled to our opinion. The only reason I > > mentioned the Firebox was that I've had good experiences with them, and they > > do have an automated method for getting current lists for blocking content > > inappropriate for the kiddies. > > Nice to hear that someone's managed to get the darn things working well. > > > I also agree with the person who felt that to have someone monitoring > > students at the computer is the only sure way to guarantee that no one is > > spending their class period in playboy or something worse. However, I am > > also aware that many schools are under the onus of needing to comply with > > state-mandated filtering of web content, and in my experience, the Firebox > > was and continues to be a choice with which the school I worked for is > > pleased. I cannot say the same for the SonicWall unit we tried. > > My personal recommendation would be Squid with the SmartFilter software > from Secure Computing, but that's just because one of my buddies is in > charge of that product. *grin* > > -- > Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 > http://www.real-time.com | Fax : (952)943-8500 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >