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[News] Linux Firewall to Protect the Legendary Killer NIC

http://in.sys-con.com/read/303892_p.htm

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| The new FNApp, called the FNA Firewall, is an embedded Linux-based
| firewall client application that runs inside the Killer NIC, enabling
| gamers to turn off their CPU burdening firewall and continue gaming
| with security and optimal system performance. The firewall is based
| on the wildly popular iptables open source firewall for Linux. The
| Killer NIC was announced this summer with FNA to allow everyone tof
| reely write, download, and run applications that execute on the
| Killer's Network Processing Unit.
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http://in.sys-con.com/read/303892_p.htm

Here's the Killer NIC:

http://www.killernic.com/KillerNic/

Related:

Bigfoot's Killer Network Interface Card reviewed

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| They've managed to take a commodity PC component and build $280 PCI
| card around it, complete with 64MB of DDR RAM and a 400MHz processor.
| Cries of extortion and vaporware have been leveled, but now that IGN have
| got their hands on the device, they seem to think it's worth the
| hyperbole. One thing they were careful to point out before firing it up is
| that the Killer NIC runs Linux, so that processor and RAM can be put to
| more use than just routing your frags -- a firewall or a bit of anti-virus
| software could reside right on the card to check over data before it
| even gets to your PC, and IGN figures a BitTorrent client would be
| possible, allowing for full-speed gaming while you use any remaining
| bandwidth for downloading that dev release of Leopard.
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http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/01/bigfoots-killer-network-interface-card-reviewed/

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