Linksys Firewall/router

[JD Runyan]

They are the most bang for the buck, and are relatively safe. Building your own router/firewall 
will yield
safer results.  Real quality hardware routers/firewalls are mucho
expensive.
On Tue, Nov ,  at 11:34:11AM -0600, Apollo wrote:
> Hello,  I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with Linksys
> firewall/routers.  I've have Comcast cable internet and have been using this
> firewall with great success for some time now.  I got in a debate with a
> tech about the reliability of these firewalls.  He didn't believe that these
> firewalls were any good because they didn't block enough ports.  I've done
> port scans before on these firewalls and nothing is left open that isn't
> supposed to be.  Yet he insists that they aren't any good and has little
> explanation about why.   Does anyone have any experience with hardware
> firewalls?  Are these Linysys devices any good and if not what is a good
> alternative?
> 
> Thanks,
>   David
> 
> 
> 

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