Looks like we don't need to worry about financing the firewall... it's probably the Cisco Pix 506 that James Cotter has been setting up for quite some time for the minds.cs.may.ie machine. Here's a snippet from an email from John Keating. From: "Dr. John Keating" <john.keating@may.ie> <snip>

Stephen Brown has agreed to buy (or give) us a Hardware Firewall so that is good news. <snip>

David Barrett