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Build a Cisco PIX for 800 Australian Dollars

Posted by timothy on from the but-what-about-real-money dept.

tallguy_wt writes: "Why fork out thousands of dollars to learn Cisco's PIX firewalling product when you can build your own for under 800 Australian Dollars, as shown in this article by Routermonkey."

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  1. It is illegal by af_robot · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why fork out thousands of dollars to learn Cisco's PIX firewalling product when you can build your own for under 800 Australian Dollars?

    Because it is illegal and you will go to jail for stealing CISCO's intellectual property.

    1. Re:It is illegal by Pii · · Score: 4, Insightful
      If you have ever downloaded Cisco code from CCO, then you know that once you select the software that you want, you are presented with a page detailing the licensing agreement. At the bottom of the page, there are two hyperlinks.

      The first hyperlink says "ACCEPT," and clicking through will present you with the download page for the software that you want.

      The second hyperlink says "DECLINE," and clicking through will present send you back to the previous page.

      The agreement states:

      • Unless otherwise expressly provided in the documentation, Customer shall use the Software solely as embedded in, for execution on, or (where the applicable documentation permits installation on non-Cisco equipment) for communication with Cisco equipment owned or leased by Customer

      That's pretty clear.

      It's also pretty clear that because you need a CCO account to even get to the Software Download page, that you're having clicked on the "ACCEPT" link means that you are indeed accepting the terms of the license.

      I don't care what you do, but if you're stealing, or failing to adhere to an agreement that you made, don't take offense when someone calls you a criminal because that is in fact what you are.

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  2. Isn't it a bit moralely questionable... by GodEater · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...posting links to a story which encourages you sourcing stuff from a warez site ?

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  3. enough... by sluggie · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Well, I think it's good to do some hardware hacking, like TiVo modding and whatnot.
    Using opensource software instead of using their expensive counterparts is also a nice thing to do.

    But, excuse me, what is this fucking thing about?

    This puts the whole community into a bad light.
    This whole "hack" or "tutorial" or whatever you might call it is nothing but two things:

    Take some standart hardware and install stolen software. Wow.

    Would you call this an intelligent hack? Maybe the folks over at something like scriptslashkiddiedot.org would...

  4. Wanna do it cheap?? by dr.Flake · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Go to www.freesco.org or any other single floppy OSS based distro, get an old pc and two NIC's and go. $100 max.

    The reason to use CISCO is ultimate durability, stability, service, configurability, speed etc etc.

    hacking this thing together is gonna give none of the above!

    In what setting am i gonna need a cheap ripoff of a professional router?
    Those places that need the real thing usualy also deserve the real thing !

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  5. Pull the story by balloonhead · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Having this story on the front page (or indeed, at all) is an insult to most of the people who read it.


    For all the column inches devoted to how the DMCA/RIAA/whoever is immoral, you go and put a link to someone advocating theft. This isn't far from advertising warez... even if the server can handle the traffic, the slashdot effect still allows a lot of eyeballs to see that site.


    I disagree with software piracy, and stealing music online; I occasionally do download MP3s, I won't deny it; just as I drank alcohol when I was under 18 (UK), but I would consider myself only a 'minor' user - these files are never on my HDD for too long (I think the record is about a week)


    But this is qualitatively and quantatively very different from /. virtually advocating pirating software worth several thousand pounds. In the same way that my underage drinking (which almost everyone does) is very different from advertising and promoting underage drinking.


    How can any movement to safeguard our rights be taken seriously with this sort of lunacy? Valenti et al will be rubbing their hands in glee. This is another victory for them - if one of the most popular advocates of free software is advertising piracy, then that reflects very badly on the community as a whole.


    And yes, I do consider my MP3 use to be wrong - I'll buy these songs if they release the single but I don't want an album of pricey crap because there's one song ion it I like - I can't wait for services where a comprehensive list of songs can be bought at a reasonable pprice, individually...

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  6. Re:timothy by drsoran · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Well, first yesterday they provided a direct link to a tool to DOS a Windows NT/2000/XP box, and today they're linking to an article on how to build a Cisco PIX and steal their software to run on it?? WTF is Slashdot becoming? If you are just downloading the PIX software you *are* stealing it. It's several thousand dollars.