Both PIX and Watchguard Firebox are outstanding products once set up properly.
PIX has better throughput but Watchguard is easier to configure and considerably less
expensive. If you have an older PC sitting around and a little time to spare, check
out http://www.trinux.org
Be sure to check us out at http://infosec.20m.com
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On Wed, 07 June 2000, "Daniel Crichton" wrote:
>
> On 7 Jun 2000, at 16:04, Fabrizio Croce wrote:
>
> > At 15.40 07/06/00, Ferretti, Steve wrote:
> > >I am in the process of starting to evaluate firewall products. I was
> > >wondering if any of you would like to provide your views on the more popular
> > >ones out there. I am leaning towards Cisco PIX because it is a hardware
> > >solution which should offer better performance and I will not have to deal with
> > >finger pointing between the OS and product vendors in problem situations.
> >
> > I just testing WatchGuard Firebox (www.watchguard.com)
> >
> > Is a 'box' solution based on Linux kernel, very simple to install due to
> > the configuration is GUI based. I have seen PIX and...I think its is quite
> > difficut to install.
>
> PIX is a bit of a pain if you haven't messed with Cisco IOS before. Apart from
> that it's not bad.
>
> Dan
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