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"saad khan" <[email protected]> Thu, 12 Oct 2006 08:26:05 +0000
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--===============0784251046== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_41440_10059601.1160641565166" ------=_Part_41440_10059601.1160641565166 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Salam anyone tried out vyatta live cd? :) Allah Hafiz Saad Khan On 10/11/06, Abdulkarim Al-saleh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > * > > Open source router tempts company to bid Cisco firewall farewell > > Vyatta airs Linux-based routing appliance based on Dell hardware > * > > Vyatta is offering its Open Flexible Router (OFR) software preinstalled o= n > *Dell* <http://www.networkworld.com/news/financial/dell.html> server > appliances. One of these devices is scheduled to come online this week on > the *network* <http://mail.google.com/mail/l> of Adify, a small San Bruno= , > Calif., company that provides advertising services for Web publishers and > advertisers. > > "We're taking several measured steps with the Vyatta product" to replace > some pieces of Cisco infrastructure, says Charles Stewart, vice president= of > operations for Adify. > > The first step took place this summer, when the company moved its Asteris= k > VoIP system =97 which serves 35 internal users and 10 remote users =97 to= a > Vyatta box on a separate network segment. Adify was running VoIP and data > traffic through its Cisco PIX firewall and a 2600 access router, but deci= ded > to segregate the networks for better voice quality. > > The company's next step, which is set to take place this week, involves > deactivating its Cisco PIX and replacing it with a Vyatta OFR appliance, > which includes stateful packet inspection firewall features. The company'= s > network manager, Thor Myhrstad, built its first Vyatta box from scratch, = but > says, "We wanted to move quickly on (removing the PIX), which is why we > chose to get Vyatta as an appliance this time." > > The new Vyatta appliances are based on Dell PowerEdge 850 servers =97 a > single-rack-unit box with a 2.8GHz *Intel* <http://mail.google.com/mail/l= >Celeron processor, 256MB of memory and dual Gigabit Ethernet ports. A sing= le > PCI-X slot is available for the various WAN interface cards that can be > preinstalled on the router. (Vyatta uses PCI-X-based T-1 and T-3 cards fr= om > Sangoma). The $1,800 package includes a one-year support subscription for > OFR, which is based on the eXtensible Open Router Platform, an open sourc= e > routing stack, and a hardened Linux operating system. > > -- > Abdul Karim Saleh > _______________________________________________ > JedLUG-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://kerneled.org/mailman/listinfo/jedlug-general_kerneled.org > > > ------=_Part_41440_10059601.1160641565166 Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Salam<br>anyone tried out vyatta live cd? :)<br><br>Allah Hafiz<br>Saad Kha= n<br><br><div><span class=3D"gmail_quote">On 10/11/06, <b class=3D"gmail_se= ndername">Abdulkarim Al-saleh</b> <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">= [email protected] </a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-lef= t: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1= ex;"><br clear=3D"all"><b><font size=3D"6"> <p>Open source router tempts company to bid Cisco firewall farewell</p></fo= nt><font size=3D"4"> <p>Vyatta airs Linux-based routing appliance based on Dell hardware</p></fo= nt></b> <p>Vyatta is offering its Open Flexible Router (OFR) software preinstalled = on <a href=3D"http://www.networkworld.com/news/financial/dell.html" target= =3D"_blank" onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><u><fo= nt color=3D"#0000ff"> Dell</font></u></a> server appliances. One of these devices is scheduled to= come online this week on the=20 <a href=3D"http://mail.google.com/mail/l" target=3D"_blank" onclick=3D"retu= rn top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><u><font color=3D"#0000ff">networ= k</font></u></a> of Adify, a small San Bruno, Calif., company that provides= advertising services for Web publishers and advertisers.=20 </p> <p>"We're taking several measured steps with the Vyatta product" = to replace some pieces of Cisco infrastructure, says Charles Stewart, vice = president of operations for Adify. </p> <p>The first step took place this summer, when the company moved its Asteri= sk VoIP system =97 which serves 35 internal users and 10 remote users =97 t= o a Vyatta box on a separate network segment. Adify was running VoIP and da= ta traffic through its Cisco PIX firewall and a 2600 access router, but dec= ided to segregate the networks for better voice quality.=20 </p> <p>The company's next step, which is set to take place this week, involves = deactivating its Cisco PIX and replacing it with a Vyatta OFR appliance, wh= ich includes stateful packet inspection firewall features. The company's ne= twork manager, Thor Myhrstad, built its first Vyatta box from scratch, but = says, "We wanted to move quickly on (removing the PIX), which is why w= e chose to get Vyatta as an appliance this time."=20 </p> <p>The new Vyatta appliances are based on Dell PowerEdge 850 servers =97 a = single-rack-unit box with a 2.8GHz <a href=3D"http://mail.google.com/mail/l= " target=3D"_blank" onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)= "><u> <font color=3D"#0000ff">Intel</font></u></a> Celeron processor, 256MB of me= mory and dual Gigabit Ethernet ports. A single PCI-X slot is available for = the various WAN interface cards that can be preinstalled on the router. (Vy= atta uses PCI-X-based T-1 and T-3 cards from Sangoma). The $1,800 package i= ncludes a one-year support subscription for OFR, which is based on the eXte= nsible Open Router Platform, an open source routing stack, and a hardened L= inux operating system.=20 </p><span class=3D"sg"><br>-- <br>Abdul Karim Saleh=20 </span><br>_______________________________________________<br>JedLUG-genera= l mailing list<br><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this= )" href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected] </a><br><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D= "http://kerneled.org/mailman/listinfo/jedlug-general_kerneled.org" target= =3D"_blank">http://kerneled.org/mailman/listinfo/jedlug-general_kerneled.or= g</a> <br><br><br></blockquote></div><br> ------=_Part_41440_10059601.1160641565166-- --===============0784251046== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ JedLUG-general mailing list [email protected] http://kerneled.org/mailman/listinfo/jedlug-general_kerneled.org --===============0784251046==--