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Re: [PLUG] Firewall appliance; dig
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I think you answered your own question.
Internal software will be running on MS Windows. Office will need a
firewall, and the ability to VPN in. Concerned about security do to HIPPA.
Simple, buy a PIX firewall. Home users can use the PIX VPN client. Done.
Depending on your load, either get a PIX-501, 506, or spring for a 515 or
515E. The restricted license is probably more then enough. You can pick up
a 515 Restricted for well under $1000. A 501 goes for about $350, but cant
really support alot of VPN connections.
What are you using for bandwidth? DSL or T1 with data and voip? Reason I
ask, if you go with a T1 and use it for both internat data and voice/voip,
alot of providers will throw in firewall and VPN through managed MPLS at
the end of the circuit.
Data/VoIP T1's are going for as little as $450. If they make alot of long
distance calls, it easily pays for itself, especially if they were going
to use a traditional PBX.
-John
On Tue, 1 Aug 2006, Carl Husa wrote:
Two separate questions.
1. I have been asked to set up system in a physician's office - a small start up solo practice, with tight resources. The medical practice software has already been selected, and will run on MS Windows. Givent hat users will be accessing the site remotely through teh internet, and the importance of HIPAA and private health information, I want to set up a firewall appliance. I've looked at Sonicwall and Trustix, butwould like more options if available. I'd like opinions on appropriate devices for an appliance budget of around $1000, and on recommendations you might have on application firewalls that might be appropriate for the small office. Of course, I'm looking at running Linux. Additionally, any opinions on what other "stuff" I might want to be looking for would be a great help.
2. Separately, I'm trying to get "dig,(BIND 9.3.2 " the alternative to nslookup, to run on an XP box. Followed the excellent instructions at http://pigtail.net/LRP/dig/, but keep getting an error message that a nameserver cannot be found. The corresponding nslookup command works just fine. Does the resolv.conf file have a special format for dig?
Thanks
Carl
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