I think the reason many like the netscreen's is the quality of the
products as of late, and more importantly speed. Many of the
vulnerabilities that have plagued other firewall manufacturers..
The best thing, is they try to go towards what the market desires,
without sacrificing security. Such as all of the Netscreen products do
come with IPSEC VPN's and recently they have designed their security
zones, so you can define each port in different modes.
Now the future, rumblings do have it that they are going towards IDS
integration, maybe a built in tap, maybe something else.. I have asked
for tap ports though. And possibly support for fiber ethernet, though
I haven't asked, but enough requests and they probably would. And
better yet, trunking, to allow for greater bandwidth on upstream or
downstream..
Jason
On 1 Mar 2002 at 12:49, Hudson Delbert J Contr 61 CS/SCBN wrote:
From: Hudson Delbert J Contr 61 CS/SCBN
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To: "'Clark, Steve'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
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Subject: RE: Why netscreen instead of say sonicwall
Date sent: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 12:49:17 -0800
> you mean crash and burn sonic wall...spurious reboots...
>
> okay, if you say so...
>
> piranha...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clark, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 5:34 AM
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> Subject: RE: Why netscreen instead of say sonicwall
>
>
> I don't think you pay more for the name. Some people really like the
> Sonicwall - have heard on other lists that they wish the other vendors would
> use their interface.
>
> Go figure :)
>
> Steve Clark
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Keeley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 8:24 AM
> To: Clark, Steve
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Why netscreen instead of say sonicwall
>
> Thanks steve!
>
> How about � for � are they comparable or do you pay more for the name?
>
> Could i ask what you've heard about sonicwalls?
>
> kind regards
>
> Ben
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Clark, Steve
> Sent: 01 March 2002 13:01
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: Why netscreen instead of say sonicwall
>
>
> >From my experience, the Netscreens are much better than Watchguards. The
> support is better, they are easier to use and I've heard nothing on
> vulnerabilities (with the exception of a misconfigured trusted interface). I
> originally decided to sell/ support/ install Watchguard's in all the offices
> I manage. Purchased the SOHO unit, called support to discuss some of the
> finer points of how to jam the thing into my offices (guinea pig). They were
> miserable to talk to. Before they would talk to me, I had to register the
> unit - of course, they could not register the unit as there was a problem
> with the database. That went on for 2 weeks. After all was said and done, I
> returned the unit as the interface was a mess.
>
> Since then, I have installed about 2 dozen of them in small offices/ home
> offices where I concentrate my practice and it's a breeze. The VPN is a few
> clicks, the policies are easy to configure and the unit acts as it should.
> The several times I have had to call support, I've had 1 instance where the
> person had no idea what he was doing.
>
> To this day I regret selling my Watchguard to someone as I know they are
> having problems with it. I've offered $$ back and to sell the Netscreen but
> they won't go for it.
>
> This has been my experience and recommendations from other companies that
> sell/ support firewalls. (Was that ok piranah? :) )
>
> Steve Clark
> Clark Systems Support, LLC
> AVIEN Charter Member
> "Who's watching your network?"
> www.clarksupport.com
> 301-610-9584 voice
> 240-465-0323 Efax
> �
> The data furnished in connection with this document is deemed by Clark
> Systems Support, LLC., to contain proprietary and privileged information and
> shall not be disclosed or used for the benefit of others without the prior
> written permission of Clark Systems Support, LLC.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Keeley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 7:27 AM
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> Subject: Why netscreen instead of say sonicwall
>
> Hi,
>
> Just a quick question... i've been reading the board for a number of months.
> And i've noticed that netscreen seems to be recommended above say than
> sonicwall or watchguard. Could somebody explain why netscreen is that much
> better?
>
> Thank you
>
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