Month: February 2020

  • Proventia GX4004 firewall: teardown and OpenBSD install

    Proventia GX4004 firewall: teardown and OpenBSD install

    Firewalls aren’t as special as they’re made out to be in the business sphere. Sometimes salesmen will try to convince you otherwise, claiming their network appliances use application specific hardware, but teardowns often disappoint. This teardown of the IBM Proventia GX4004 is no different, as the firewall appliance turns out to be a very ordinary…