Setting the date back on an eval license works well..... so I heard. I have found the online licensing to be quite good actually, never really had too many problems, although it is a bit over the top.
Phoneboy.com is about all the support you need for conifguration tasks. I recently priced up comparitive products for a VPN solution, and while Cisco wasn't cheap (3000 series conecntrators), Checkpoint was painful. Nokia CC products were the best. Symon ------------------- > Agreed, however there is great 3rd party support available for Checkpoint > from many vendors. > UUNet has a very good support program for Checkpoint. > > No matter who is supporting it though, Checkpoint's license procedure is > horrible! > I once went 6 months from eval license to eval license because we couldn't > get a permanent license to work properly. > > That being said, in my opinion, there is no better firewall. > Regards, > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 9:56 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: worst company [7:25033] > > > CheckPoint = (great product) - (any support infrastructure). > > It is without a doubt the least supported product by a manufacturer I have > ever seen. I have outstanding TAC cases over a year old! They charge a > fortune for support and maintenance, which you must have, and you get > nothing for it. > > The only thing that actually keeps it running are the private boards and > mailing lists. > > It is extremely easy to use though and they own 60% of the market? > > There are things you can do with CheckPoint that Cisco cannot even begin to > emulate. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Bond [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 11:23 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: OT: worst company [7:25033] > > > Hello, > > I had a very bad experience with Checkpoint and am > wondering if anyone had the same problem. > > One of my clients wanted to try Checkpoint VPN-1 so I > filled out online eval form a month ago. A sales rep > called me the next day and said a reseller would > contact me in 5-10 days (5-10 minutes would make more > sense). I didn't hear nothing in 3 weeks so I filled > out online eval form again (I lost that rep's phone > number) and another sales rep called me said the same > thing. Now another week passed and I still didn't hear > nothing. > > My client is very unhappy so he decide to go with > Cisco. Is Checkpoint's business so good that they > couldn't handle or what? Anyway, Checkpoint lost my > client and I would never work with them again. > > Jim > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Find a job, post your resume. > http://careers.yahoo.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cheers, Symon Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=25081&t=25033 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
