Depending on your situation you can also take a look with the appliance
firewall manufactures. I'm quite happy with my NetScreen's (running on their
own ScreenOS) www.netscreen.com
Vincent de Lau
System Administrator / MCSE
Tridion (http://www.tridion.com)
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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> Subject: SV: seek Firewall desperatly
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>
> Your choice of firewall would probabely depend on your
> network platform.
> If this is a Wintel network, a Unix based firewall might not be your
> best choice. Likewise, if your staff is not skilled in
> routing software
> in general, and Cisco specificcaly, a Pix might not be the
> best choice.
> You should also try to avoid "new" products. Use a search
> engine, go to
> the vendors' home pages and look for a product version 3 or higher.
> Axent is just one out of several products. When comes to FW1, their
> hybrid version is relative new, and therefore woul not be my first
> choice.
>
> Ove Fagerheim
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> >Fra: Jesper Wall[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >Sendt: 29. september 2000 14:03
> >Til: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]';
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Emne: RE: seek Firewall desperatly
> >
> >Hi!
> >
> >I've used both PIX and FW-1.
> >In short: The PIX is easyer and cheaper to set up, you dont need any
> >knowledge about installing the OS.(PIX comes installed in a
> box), but it
> >lacks some features that FW-1 have.
> >On the other hand, FW-1 has a far more easy interface for
> managing the
> >firewall.
> >I could go on forever comparing those two, but i'm not going
> to. Read more
> >on their websites.
> >
> >FW-1
> >http://www.checkpoint.com/products/firewall-1/index.html
> >
> >PIX
> >http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/cc/pd/fw/sqfw500/
> >
> >
> >Cheers!
> >
> >//Jesper
> >
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> >> Sent: den 29 september 2000 13:43
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> >> Subject: seek Firewall desperatly
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi there,
> >>
> >> I'm searching for a firewall product. I've heard about PIX,
> >> firewall-1,
> >> sunscreen, T.REX, ipchains, raptor, and so on...
> >>
> >> I would like to have different opinions about these products.
> >> What you tried,
> >> what you like, for which reasons, Which problems you
> encountered ....
> >> Then I can start studying some products.
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Jean-Philippe ROBBE
> >>
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