You might also consider CyberGuard's NT firewall.
Look at www.cyberguard.com for info and eval.
Regards
Colin M. Fletcher
Enterprise Network Systems Division
BlueChip Computers
1630 E. Stroop Road
Dayton, OH 45429
(937)299-4594 - office
(937)298-5798 - fax
www.bluechip.com
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From: Schlipp, Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, May 03, 1999 3:36 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: How to choose a Firewall....?
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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