Hi,
I'm hoping someone can shed a brief ray of experience on the problem that we
are having.
Our (small) company is currently looking at setting up a firewall, in the hopes
of providing some security for our internal 20-user network, as well as
protecting our FTP and Lotus Notes (mail) servers.
We have a couple of options, one being a cheap all-in-one box (3Com
Officeconnect Internet Firewall DMZ), the other being a more expensive (by a
factor of 4) hardware / software combination (Checkpoint VPN-1 with a PDS
2100).
My question is, does anyone have a compelling reason to go with the Checkpoint
VPN-1 solution vs the very cheap, all-in-one 3Com solution? I can't find
enough product literature to know whether the 3Com box supports everything we
need; it doesn't seem to be application-level at all, but just stateful IP
inspection. I don't want to lock us into a solution that will crimp our
network, and which will prevent us getting the security and outside access we
need.
I realize these are probably apples and oranges, but can anyone tell me if it
we are doing something stoopid by picking the cheap option?
Further to this: we need VPN, and we also need to be able to access the Notes
server from outside the office using a standard dialup 3rd party ISP.
I understand that the VPN-1 solution would be 50 users, although this is
upgradeable, vs the 3Com solution which supports up to 100 users. Both of
these are enough for our potential needs.
Thanks in advance for any help,
Geoff
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