In supporting over 50 customers in 4 years, I have less issues with NT than
Unix boxes. What does this mean? Nothing really.
Most of the NT boxes are doing less work / smallers setups. Use the version
you trust.
Try to support the new Linux fw-1 4.1. You'll pull your hair out getting it
to work.
Aside for local.arp, NT is ok.
Thomas Poole
-----Original Message-----
From: Jarmoc, Jeff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 10:00 AM
To: 'Miller, Byron'; 'john hiller'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [FW1] fw-1 on NT boxes
>Personally an NT box with SP 6 and the latest FW1 release
>is more stable then any other setup.
Are you forgetting about the Nokia IPSO boxes?
There's little/no work to lock them down, and it's easier to control new OS
versions and new firewall software versions than on any other platform I can
think of.
-----Original Message-----
From: Miller, Byron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 8:31 AM
To: 'john hiller'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [FW1] fw-1 on NT boxes
Personally an NT box with SP 6 and the latest FW1 release
is more stable then any other setup.
With sun you still have the patchlevel and still have to choose
hardware/software configurations.
With HP you have even a larger patch level and support headache.
Don't ever buy and run an HPUX box without the expensive support
services.
Throw NT on certified hardware, follow the instructions to lock
it down and it will run forever. Don't use a mom and pop PC,
dont use cheap nic cards, don't use the "Typical PC". You dont
go cheap on your Sparc or HP9000 hardware, so don't do it to your
PC.
People constant say you have to "strip down" and remove unecessary
services for NT, but my god, did these people forget what Solaris
and HP boot up with by default. YIKES :)
So do what makes your business happy. But don't be a biggot about
anything! Use the solution that fits your staff, your budget and
your needs. Don't use anything because its a buzzword or trend. The
last thing you want is to be going over your head in new territory
when it comes to network security. Windows NT 4.0 with Checkpoint
firewall 4 is SIMPLE yet ELEGANT and GETS THE JOB DONE!
-byron
-----Original Message-----
From: john hiller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 9:12 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [FW1] fw-1 on NT boxes
Unfortunately they are adamant on using a NT box as they have no Unix
knowledge at all (and don't want to learn).
John
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>From: "Struth, Rich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: 'john hiller' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: [FW1] fw-1 on NT boxes
>Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 09:01:19 -0400
>
>
> My first thought John is to put it on a Sun Server. End of problems.
>
> Rich
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: john hiller [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 8:36 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [FW1] fw-1 on NT boxes
>
>
> All,
>
> I am going to be installing FW-1 on a NT 4.0 server box soon and
>would
> appreciate any tips/tricks. Since it's going to be a firewall it
>will be a
> minimum install with netbios etc left out.
>
> I am not too confident in NT's memory management and it's been my
>experience
> that they should be re-booted once a week as a precautionary
>measure, any
> thoughts on this?
>
> Also any URL's regarding this would be good.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
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