01-16-2008, 07:50 PM
A corollary to what M A V I C said: a Linux box acting as a firewall with the right person running it is superior to any hardware firewall. If you have the right person, a $100 PC is all you need.
If you pay for a hardware firewall and do not have your own geek to set it up and tweak it as needed, you might want some sort of support contract where you get a guaranteed response time. Paying for a contract and then having to wait a week for someone to show up can really kill productivity. Try to find out how a company responds when there is a problem.
If you pay for a hardware firewall and do not have your own geek to set it up and tweak it as needed, you might want some sort of support contract where you get a guaranteed response time. Paying for a contract and then having to wait a week for someone to show up can really kill productivity. Try to find out how a company responds when there is a problem.