3com Secure NIC - aDSL via PPPoE

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rbt join:2007-08-19 Malaysia	3com Secure NIC - aDSL via PPPoE Hi, is the 3com Secure NIC intended/can_be used as standalone unit for home/desktop with aDSL via PPPoE?
	permalink · 2007-08-19 01:32:10 ·

rjs1003

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Re: 3com Secure NIC - aDSL via PPPoE

Last time I looked at the product, the main benefit of the secure NIC was fast encryption - ie to accelerate the behaviour of VPNs. And I know it talks about being "hardened"... but I don't see any benefit in it in a home environment... a cheap NIC and a decent firewall will do the trick. This product is great in servers where encryption would otherwise slow down the CPU, or in building a distributed firewall... but for home go cheaper!

Bob

permalink · 2007-08-20 04:55:32 ·

rbt join:2007-08-19 Malaysia	I see. Anyway I was looking for a hardware firewall solution for home use. Thanks for the feedback!
	permalink · 2007-08-20 05:24:22 ·

rjs1003 join:2002-12-04 united kingd	Re: 3com Secure NIC - aDSL via PPPoE 3Com do have a range of hardware firewalls for small office/home use... either wired (mostly with VPN) or wireless... though their website doesn't seem to group them very well. Wired Firewalls seem to come under security solutions->perimeter firewalls; Wireless ones seem to come under routers->officeconnect routers... Bob
	permalink · 2007-08-21 05:20:49 ·

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