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Nvidia Firewall
Hello all,
As some of you are aware, Nvidia began shipping some motherboards with an integrated firewall some time ago. (see: Nvidia Puts a Firewall on a Motherboard - PCWorld) I used to have one of these, a P5NE-SLI. Well, I am looking at building a new system, and I want to see if I can build one that utilizes the firewall, and other security features. I am wondering if anyone knows of a list of motherboards supporting this technology? I hope it has been continued in recent boards, I am looking for a AMD board perhaps, with at least Quad core and DDR3 support.
As some of you are aware, Nvidia began shipping some motherboards with an integrated firewall some time ago. (see: Nvidia Puts a Firewall on a Motherboard - PCWorld) I used to have one of these, a P5NE-SLI. Well, I am looking at building a new system, and I want to see if I can build one that utilizes the firewall, and other security features. I am wondering if anyone knows of a list of motherboards supporting this technology? I hope it has been continued in recent boards, I am looking for a AMD board perhaps, with at least Quad core and DDR3 support.
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tiersten
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Disappeared years ago. It wasn't that great either and was very buggy which may explain why it only appeared on the NForce 4 range. nVidia are only good at making graphics chips. They're bad at making motherboard chipsets.
If you really want to waste money on a integrated hardware firewall for little benefit then buy a KillerNIC card which at least works unlike the nVidia firewall. -
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SephStorm
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Yeah, I just noticed the numerous issues with it, funny, I never had any. It was a reliable firewall, did better than NIS at detecting port scans... -
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I guess whatever software you used to use was similar enough as to what the nVidia testers usedYeah, I just noticed the numerous issues with it, funny, I never had any. It was a reliable firewall, did better than NIS at detecting port scans...
Port scan alerts are pretty useless now since the minute you plug something into the internet that is directly accessible will cause the firewall alert window to light up like a Christmas tree. -
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well, its close to the extent of my pentesting skills ATM, scanning for open ports and attempting to enumerate. Of course that means i'm stuck in the OS ice ages in my lab.