The ANS firewall provides you with a comprehensive solution for you Internet access. I can deal with all the main internet protocols (application proxies), as well as your mail or dns. With FW-1, you'll propably have to use other proxy software and you need a mail server as well. Regards. Francois. ---Kaustubh Phaltankar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would also recommend the Firewall-1 box over the ANS Interlock solution. > I have worked with both solutions and find the Checkpoint solution more > flexible. You can do both 'state-level-inspection' as well as proxy type > URL blocking if desired. > > Kaustubh > ------------------------ > > At 08:20 PM 2/11/99 -0800, Bill Husler wrote: > >When I dealt with ANS (a few years ago now), their product was a > >turn-key package including everything from the ISP service, the hardware > >for the firewall, the software for the firewall, 24X7 system and network > >monitoring and system support. All you had to do was administer the > >policies. It was strictly an application proxy firewall. I found the box > >to be very stable and their tech support to be very responsive and > >technically capable. I do have to add that once they were purchased by > >America Online, the wait time for tech support increased significantly > >(from 0 to 20 min.). Also, this approach will certainly be problematic > >for internal firewalls (if they are to provide system support). > > > >FW-1 is an inspection firewall and can handle much more traffic (in my > >experience). While we have had some problems and currently are > >experiencing what appears to be a rather serious memory leak, our usage > >has increase many orders of magnitude, so it's hard to say if the ANS > >box could have done any better. > > > >Bill > > > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >> Who knows anything about a firewall product called ANS Interlock? What > is it, how well does it work, etc etc. The usual questions. Any help is > very greatly appreciated. We are trying to decide on either Firewall-1 or > this ANS stuff. > >> > >> Thanks! > >> > >> - > >> [To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > >> "unsubscribe firewalls" in the body of the message.] > >- > >[To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > >"unsubscribe firewalls" in the body of the message.] > > > __________________________________________________________ > Kaustubh Phaltankar NetPlexus > Tel: (703) 922 - 2775 6311 Cardinal Hill Place > Fax: (703) 922 - 2776 Springfield, VA 22152 > Pager: 703-627-7539 www.netplexus.com > > Implementing the future today! > > Internet Intranet Extranet >Implementations > __________________________________________________________ > - > [To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > "unsubscribe firewalls" in the body of the message.] > _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com - [To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe firewalls" in the body of the message.]
