Hi there,
I've got to choose a Firewall Software based on the NT OS. After filtering
some Produkts I decided to use a pure Software Firewall to be most
flexible...
After that I did some further product filtering, so I actually have to
decide either for Checkpoints Firewall-1 or Axents Raptor Firewall.
Some aspects I already found:
- FW-1 (NT only) has a security hole (nmap) (Issue 6/99 Network
Computing). Is there a patch ?
- Checkpoint takes almost twice the price than Axent does !
- Checkpoint does not Offer a Trial Version anymore.
- Checkpoint offers lots of already created Services, while Raptor
have to be defined by hand.
- No Static NAT at Raptor FW and no Virusscan.
I would be thankful if anybody could confirm these points, or even give some
additional information. Anything concerning the decission for or against a
SW you think could help me.
Some aspects I didn't find an aswer yet:
- We are growing, so what happens if an over licenceing takes place
? Is there a security problem ? I've hered a rumor that Raptor does a 3 day
lease for every free IP ? What does checkpoint do ?
- Has anybody used DCOM with these two firewall ? I should do this,
and Microsoft stated Raptor might have a problem using DCOM ?
For any comments I would be happy, so feel free to contact me !
Martin
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