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NetMAX Professional Exceeds the Needs of a Demanding User by Being "A Snap to Set Up"

Overview Seattle area IT consultant Steve Greenstein found himself in a common situation. Greenstein needed an inexpensive yet robust and easy to use system offering file and print sharing, email and web services and network security. He knew about the Linux operating system but had never tried it, so he decided to install Red Hat Linux in his home as a test case. Greenstein purchased the NetMAX Firewall Suite and installed it on one of his home systems.

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Publisher	Cybernet Systems	File Format	HTML
Date Published	May 2007
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Linux - Open Source, Linux Server OS

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