I think first you need to evaluate the reasons that he wants you to
switch.
Do you need more performance out of your firewall and is the IBM firewall
a limiting factor in that case? Is it because the IBM firewall is
percieved by him to be ineffective against some attacks? or is
he just very familiar with cisco products so a $15,000 firewall would make
his work a lot easier?
What factors do you have in making a decision on a new firewall? what are
you looking to get out of one?
On Thu, 12 Aug 1999, David B McGlumphy wrote:
> Hello,
> My company currently uses a RS/6000 running IBM Firewall for AIX as
> its main firewall to the internet. Our CCIE consultant that we had in
> suggested replacing it with a PIX box. I have set up PIX's before, but I
> was wondering what the general feeling was on using a PIX vs. a less black
> box solution as your main firewall. I like the flexibility of the IBM
> firewall, but I know PIX's have a reputation for being (almost)
> Impenetrable. Any suggestions?
>
> Dave
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