Speaking of turnkey solutions I have worked on a PIX and Fortigate
firewall. I took me 1 hour to figure out the Fortigate and PIX 3 weeks.
Lahat https GUI interface sa Fortigate . The founders Fortigate are from
Netscreen who were also original Cisco guys. They have the bright idea
of putting the all of the software in ASIC (application specific IC).
The HD is only for logging purposes. So imagine everything running in
chip speed --- the firewall, anti-virus, IDS, web filter and later spam.
Most of Fortigate clients are Asian companies but given time they will
become prevasive in the US. If you can look for a dealer in HK that
would great. My biggest question was on the Anti-virus how fast will it
react to a wild virus. No definite assurance but I have set it to update
every hour. The guy who is managing the anti-virus part was from
Symantec so I did not worry much after it reacted to the all the
Beagles, myDoom on the wild. Wala akong commision tigil na ako sa pag
benta. Just give you a good idea of how an appliance should be
integrated if ever we think of an appliance concept. I tried to
configure a Linux firewall but since I am a newbie I went to for
something built already after so many experimentation.
glen
Ariz C. Jacinto wrote:
having worked on embedded firewall / router before, i would
say that i'd rather prefer buying a turnkey solution especially
if it has plenty of value-added services such as IDS/Anti-Virus,
VPN, DHCP, auto-updates, etc. Features + manageability is
worth the investment. but you can also have the same with DIY
embedded-linux firewall but Total-Cost of Development is now
part of the equation even if you're only going to use readily-available
OSS because you still have to perform test for stability, make
customizations, etc. not to mention the hardware you're going to
support once the deal pushes thru. industrial-grade PCs w/ small
form-factors from Taiwan might do (nano-ITX, anyone?).
Manny wrote:
Does anyone have an idea how much the locally-available firewall
appliances are going for? Would you think these prices are
reasonable? if not, would it be better to buy abroad and just bring
it in through friends? What do you guys think?
I've got a possible client who's interested. I've brought up the idea
of using Smoothwall, but they seem inclined towards a turnkey
solution that's easy to administer. So they're looking at one of
those rack-mounted thingies.
God bless!
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