Sorry for the delayed response. I am a big believer in floodgate. It is nice to have the same set of objects for firewall, VPN and QoS rules. Floodgate seems to react to traffic spikes a lot better than our Packetshaper did.
The benefits I saw in Packetshaper though were, QoS by MAC address which FG won't do, and how easily noticeable new traffic was discovered. We are in an academic environment and don't have the luxury of blocking traffic that isn't necessary, so I have to prioritize traffic by type and source also. Checkpoint seems to handle this better.
If you have any questions in your implementation, feel free to email me directly.
Brad Pinkston Firewall/Network Administrator Checkpoint CCSA Centenary College of LA (318) 869-5721 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mehmood Zafar/MAXIMUS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 4:39 PM Subject: [FW-1] Floodgate Information needed
We are currently looking into implementing floodgate at our border firewalls to control bandwidth usage. I am looking for unbiased opinions regarding the implementation, configuration and maintenance of floodgate software. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Mehmood Zafar
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