Re: PIX/AS Vs. Linux/IPtables

[Kevin Wilcox <wilcoxkm () APPSTATE EDU>]

2009/10/1 Josh Richard <jrichar4 () d umn edu>:

> Depending on the need, there are easy to use appliance based disk image
> projects available.  You can stand up a box with more features than an
> ASA on commodity hardware and purchase commercial support if that makes
> you comfortable. [1]  We do not use [1], but prefer to run GNU/Linux to
> avoid the possible license restrictions.

Josh - I'm probably misunderstanding your statement but it reads as if
you are opting to use GNU/Linux + netfilter over pfsense because of
possible licensing issues with pfsense. As the GNU userland and the
Linux kernel are almost exclusively GPL, and pfsense is released under
a BSD license, I'm curious as to whether you can disclose the possible
issues you foresaw?

Thanks!

kmw, who is highly reliant on OpenBSD + pf and FreeBSD *particularly*
because of the greater freedoms provided by the BSD license

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Kevin Wilcox
Network Infrastructure and Control Systems
Appalachian State University
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