OpenBSD in the Enterprise
Posted by creining | Filed under Linux/BSD
A thread on the OpenBSD PF mailing list surrounding running OpenBSD PF as an Enterprise firewall brings up an interesting challenge that most enterprises face in exploring the feasibility of deploying open source software. The technical people suggest using some solution like PF as a firewall over some commercial solution like Checkpoint, and take that to the suits. The suits come back with the argument that they don’t want to use that open source PF stuff because there is no real tangible entity that they can point the finger at if something goes wrong and possibly bring a lawsuit against. Well, if something goes wrong, yes, you do have a support contract with Checkpoint or Netscreen or whoever, but from my experience the timeframe on reporting a bug to resolution of that bug is going to be *much* longer with a commercial company than it will be working through a similar bug on the PF mailing list. The second argument of mounting a successful lawsuit against a company like Checkpoint is just plain silly, it will never happen.
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