Has any one tried the PIX 515 system from Cisco? Would any one recommend a software FW behind an appliance based one?
Jon Harris System Administrator Florida Institute of Phosphate Research SC 515-0507 (863) 534-7160 ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 10:21 PM Subject: RE: Ideas for firewall > I just got rid of Checkpoint Firewall-1. Its support/licensing/reseller > structure was a mess. I have stories that would make you want to file suit > on my behalf... > > We just moved to a Netscreen 10. Cheaper than FW1 (or at least when we > bought FW1). Support structure is better, licensing/support per year is > cheaper ($600 vs. $1700). It runs on its own OS (so no inherent OS > vulnerabilities), comes in a small (1U) self contained appliance, has a very > good HTML interface to configure it with, and was set up in less than a day. > The only, and I mean only weakness I've seen is reporting, but I've heard > that the latest patch addresses that quite well. There is also WebTrends > that you could use for reporting. Also, I like the VPN better than > SecureRemote with FW1. Usually goes off without a hitch and is faster > (IMHO). Last but certainly not least, take a look at any FW vulnerability > report list you can find, and you'll see that Netscreen had one minor one > last year and fixed it very quickly - most others had 3 to 10 in the same > period. > > Evan > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dean Cunningham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 9:04 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Ideas for firewall > > Aw come on, make a statement like that and yah gotta spill the beans :-) > > Define slow, what environment, network topology? > > cheers > Dean > > -----Original Message----- > From: Keith Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, 27 September 2001 12:36 p.m. > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Ideas for firewall > > > too slow > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ross <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wakelin > To: NT System Admin <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Issues > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 6:31 PM > Subject: RE: Ideas for firewall > > It works, what more can you ask > > > > ---------- > Ross Wakelin - Independent Information Technology Consultant > Tel: +64 (0)3 3433186 Fax: +64 (0)3 3433196 > Cell: +64 (0)21 334380 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Martijn Eindhoven [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, 26 September 2001 21:15 > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Ideas for firewall > > > Anyone has any opinions on > checkpoint one firewall-1? > > > > > > > At 12:52 PM 9/24/2001 -0700, you wrote: > > > would you be interested in this one? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Darrin J. Carter [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > > Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 11:31 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Ideas for firewall > > > > Sonicwall is great, we are a reseller and currently have 10 clients using > them. > > > > > > Darrin Carter > > CNE, MCP+I, MCSE > > Senior Systems Engineer > > Elegrity, Inc. > > 415.821.0900 (main) > > 415.826.7758 (fax) > > 415.726.0413 (direct) > > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.elegrity.com <http://www.elegrity.com/> > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Negrete, Arthur [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > > Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 10:45 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Ideas for firewall > > > > I use the Sonicwall pro that would fit your needs and will do vpn also. > > I have to upgrade to Cisco equipment and will be getting a 515 pix. > > Check out sonicwall.com > > > > Arthur Negrete > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Martijn Eindhoven [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > > Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 1:55 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Ideas for firewall > > > > Hey Guys, > > > > I'm looking for a good firewall for about 50 w2k servers. 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