Agree. I used both, Concentrator is very impressive. Support from Cisco TAC is great. Checkpoint VPN is good too, but their support is horrible. And their licensing is confusing.
Jim --- Joseph Brunner wrote: > The checkpoint is the black sheep of the industry. > It is a poorly > documented, un-intuative, overly licensed > B.S. interface. The checkpoint where I used to work > (nokia IP 440) reminded > me of this cartoon with porky pig > and daffy duck. Porky pig gets a hotel room for > .10Cents. The mouse comes > and starts chewing celery so he can't > sleep. Then daffy wants like $10 for a cat to get > rid of the mouse. Then the > cat keeps him from sleeping > so daffy wants $20 for a dog to get rid of the cat, > and its goes all the way > till an elephant to get rid of a > lion for several hundred dollars. And guess what > gets rid of the elephant, > (now taking up all the space in his > hotel room) ? You guessed it a MOUSE !. Moral of the > story, they string you > along with different answers on each > call (so issues just go in circles), the licenses > make the product too > expensive, while not as good at VPN tunneling > as a Cisco VPN Concentrator, which comes with 100 > USERS for only around $4K. > The Checkpoint is garbage. Avoid it > at all costs. Long live Altiga (Cisco) VPNs. > > Joseph Brunner > ASN 21572 > MortgageIT MITLending > New York, NY 10038 > (212) 651 - 7695 Voice > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ""[EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:""[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 2:18 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: concentrator 3000 vs. checkpoint vpn > [7:37474] > > > I've worked with the 3000 concentrator but not with > the Checkpoint. The > 3000 is very user friendly and easy to use. You > have to do minor > configuration via console and then you're off with > the web interface which > is very simple to use. I can't make a > recommendation for which you should > buy but the Cisco products always make me happy. > I've set up a vpn tunnel > from a cisco router to a checkpoint firewall and it > seemed like the person > on the configuring end of the checkpoint had a lot > of problems with > upgrading software and technical support but that > may have been a one person > scenario. I can't say for sure. > > Jason > > -----Original Message----- > From: Colin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 8:03 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: concentrator 3000 vs. checkpoint vpn > [7:37474] > > > I haven't used both but I had to reply. I had set up > a CheckPoint > SecuRemote VPN, the VPN package that came with CP > 2000 on a Nokia box > and I have to say, it's not worth the hassle. CP > tossed in the VPN > component as a selling point so they could say, "Hey > our firewall does > it all". I should also mention that their > documentation on getting > SecuRemote up and running is sad, if not almost > non-existent. > > Colin > > Alex Lei wrote: > > > Group, > > > > Has anyone used both concentrator 3000 and > checkpoint vpn (either software > > or hardware)? What are each's advantages and > disadvantages? I am > interested > > in the following factors: Ease of installation and > configuration, > security, > > manageability, reporting and logging, scalability, > and pricing. I've > > searched the archives but couldn't find any real > world advices. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Alex [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! http://mail.yahoo.com/ Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=37758&t=37474 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
