Re: A multi-tenant firewall for an MSSP

2015-08-18 Thread Edward Dore
On 18 Aug 2015, at 20:48, J. Oquendo  wrote:

> On Tue, 18 Aug 2015, Blake Dunlap wrote:
> 
>> Since no one else has mentioned it, I'll dive on that fire.
>> 
>> Be careful when setting up a multi-tenant security solution that you
>> are not accidentally selling "DoS as a Service" to your clients. State
>> is evil, and state sharing with other targets is dangerous. Target
>> sharing with other targets that are outsourcing their security can get
>> increasingly scary especially if one of these clients is a juicy
>> target. Make sure you have the infrastructure in place to quickly
>> isolate your clients so that they do not fate share if they become in
>> the focus of DoS attacks. This can mean isolated infrastructure for
>> those you wish to keep up, or sacrificial infrastructure for those you
>> are willing to let drop for the greater good.
>> 
>> -Blake
>> 
> 
> Unsure what you meant by this. In a multi-tenant firewall
> implementation (as far as I envision it), all tenants would
> occupy different IP space so I don't get how any of the
> state sessions would be affected. I'd be more concerned
> with not enough sockets. 
> 
> Palo Alto has a virtual system set up built specifically
> for this:
> 
> https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/products/features/virtual-systems.html
> 
> Now if only they'd send me free firewalls for marketing
> them.
> 
> -- 
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> SGFA, SGFE, C|EH, CNDA, CHFI, OSCP, CPT, RWSP, GREM
> 
> "Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of
> real peace" - Dalai Lama
> 
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Back in my corporate days, the company that I was working for had persistent 
problems with a large UK ISP who insisted on providing a centralised "managed" 
firewall service for their multi-site internet connectivity (basically an L3VPN 
with a gateway for internet breakout), despite then setting the rules to allow 
everything as each site on the network had its own local firewall under our 
administrative control.

The ISP were using Cisco FWSM with each customer in their own context and the 
company I was working for would periodically stop receiving any responses to 
DNS lookups irrespective of the server queried. It eventually turned out that 
another customer on the same FWSM kept getting DoSed and when this happened it 
caused some form of resource exhaustion (I'm afraid I can't recall the exact 
details) which broke things in the other contexts - the most noticeable of 
which was the protocol inspection/fixup stuff that was looking at DNS traffic!

Of course, this may have been a configuration issue or a problem with the 
specific version of software that the ISP were running.

Edward Dore 
Freethought Internet 

Re: A multi-tenant firewall for an MSSP

2015-08-18 Thread J. Oquendo
On Tue, 18 Aug 2015, Blake Dunlap wrote:

> Since no one else has mentioned it, I'll dive on that fire.
> 
> Be careful when setting up a multi-tenant security solution that you
> are not accidentally selling "DoS as a Service" to your clients. State
> is evil, and state sharing with other targets is dangerous. Target
> sharing with other targets that are outsourcing their security can get
> increasingly scary especially if one of these clients is a juicy
> target. Make sure you have the infrastructure in place to quickly
> isolate your clients so that they do not fate share if they become in
> the focus of DoS attacks. This can mean isolated infrastructure for
> those you wish to keep up, or sacrificial infrastructure for those you
> are willing to let drop for the greater good.
> 
> -Blake
> 

Unsure what you meant by this. In a multi-tenant firewall
implementation (as far as I envision it), all tenants would
occupy different IP space so I don't get how any of the
state sessions would be affected. I'd be more concerned
with not enough sockets. 

Palo Alto has a virtual system set up built specifically
for this:

https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/products/features/virtual-systems.html

Now if only they'd send me free firewalls for marketing
them.

-- 
=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+
J. Oquendo
SGFA, SGFE, C|EH, CNDA, CHFI, OSCP, CPT, RWSP, GREM

"Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of
real peace" - Dalai Lama

0B23 595C F07C 6092 8AEB  074B FC83 7AF5 9D8A 4463
https://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xFC837AF59D8A4463


Re: A multi-tenant firewall for an MSSP

2015-08-18 Thread Blake Dunlap
Since no one else has mentioned it, I'll dive on that fire.

Be careful when setting up a multi-tenant security solution that you
are not accidentally selling "DoS as a Service" to your clients. State
is evil, and state sharing with other targets is dangerous. Target
sharing with other targets that are outsourcing their security can get
increasingly scary especially if one of these clients is a juicy
target. Make sure you have the infrastructure in place to quickly
isolate your clients so that they do not fate share if they become in
the focus of DoS attacks. This can mean isolated infrastructure for
those you wish to keep up, or sacrificial infrastructure for those you
are willing to let drop for the greater good.

-Blake

On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 10:38 AM, Eugeniu Patrascu  wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 7:46 AM, Ramy Hashish 
> wrote:
>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> We are planning to implement a multi-tenant FW/UTM and start providing
>> security as a service, I would like to hear if anybody had experience on
>> this, and if there are any recommendations for the UTM's vendor.
>>
>
> Check Point VS might be a good fit. Also there is McAfee NGFW that can be
> used as a multi-tenant solution.
>
> Other solutions are Fortigate (what you mentioned), ASA w/ contexts (not
> sure about UTM support in contexts though).
>
>
>> People/customers here are more familiar with the Fortigate, however, we
>> need to build a well-rounded solution that suits wide range of enterprises'
>> business needs.
>>
>
> I think that you first define what the most wanted needs of your clients
> are and work from that.


Re: A multi-tenant firewall for an MSSP

2015-08-18 Thread Eugeniu Patrascu
On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 7:46 AM, Ramy Hashish 
wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> We are planning to implement a multi-tenant FW/UTM and start providing
> security as a service, I would like to hear if anybody had experience on
> this, and if there are any recommendations for the UTM's vendor.
>

Check Point VS might be a good fit. Also there is McAfee NGFW that can be
used as a multi-tenant solution.

Other solutions are Fortigate (what you mentioned), ASA w/ contexts (not
sure about UTM support in contexts though).


> People/customers here are more familiar with the Fortigate, however, we
> need to build a well-rounded solution that suits wide range of enterprises'
> business needs.
>

I think that you first define what the most wanted needs of your clients
are and work from that.


Re: A multi-tenant firewall for an MSSP

2015-08-17 Thread Dave Taht
On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 9:27 AM, alvin nanog
 wrote:
>
> hi
>
>> On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 10:16 AM, Ramy Hashish 
>> wrote:
>>
>> We are planning to implement a multi-tenant FW/UTM and start providing
>> security as a service, I would like to hear if anybody had experience on
>
> that'd be a good thing ... but ...
>
>> this, and if there are any recommendations for the UTM's vendor.
>
> the possible vendors would depend on the answers to your idea of
> what is "well rounded solution"
>
> # fortinet's (possible) competitors
> http://ddos-Mitigator.net/Competitors
>
>> People/customers here are more familiar with the Fortigate, however, we
>> need to build a well-rounded solution that suits wide range of enterprises'
>> business needs.
>
> # i doubt there is one product that provides the "well rounded solution"
>
> in my world, "well rounded solution" would imply at least the following:
> - anti virus solution  ( one or more products to resolve the virus issue )
> - anti spam solution  ( one or more products to resolve the spam issue )
> - iptables with tarpit ( protect against the free tcp-based script kiddies 
> tests )
> - udp limiting at isp ( part of iptables or your edge routers )
> - icmp limiting at isp ( part of iptables or your edge routers )
> - ingress/egress filters for your downlinks
> - geographically distributed colo to mitigate small/medium sized ddos attacks
> - regulatory compliance this and certified that vs "just anybody" ...
> - good response time to fix problems reported by competent customer's IT folks
> - other things you deem important to provide ..

+ Good AQM and queue management

Sophos has fq_codel. /me happy.
> pixie dust
> alvin
> #
> # ddos-Mitigator.net
> # ddos-Simulator.net
>



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Re: A multi-tenant firewall for an MSSP

2015-08-17 Thread Christopher Morrow
of course checkpoint.

On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 4:57 AM, Rakesh M  wrote:
> Have a look below Ramy pdf
>
> https://www.sophos.com/en-us/medialibrary/PDFs/partners/sophos_complete_security_msps_dsna.pdf?la=en
>
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 12:59 PM, Ramy Hashish 
> wrote:
>
>> Thank you Rakesh and Colin.
>>
>> I just want to amend something, "FW as a service" rather than "security as
>> a service".
>>
>> Are you sure sophos has such a solution?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Ramy
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 9:47 AM, Colin Johnston 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> sophos utm works great :)
>>>
>>> Colin
>>>
>>> > On 17 Aug 2015, at 05:56, Rakesh M  wrote:
>>> >
>>> > I have seen one of our customers using Sophos and they are relatively
>>> happy
>>> > about it. Not directly experienced though.
>>> >
>>> > Thanks
>>> > Rakesh
>>> >
>>> > On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 10:16 AM, Ramy Hashish >> >
>>> > wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Hello All,
>>> >>
>>> >> We are planning to implement a multi-tenant FW/UTM and start providing
>>> >> security as a service, I would like to hear if anybody had experience
>>> on
>>> >> this, and if there are any recommendations for the UTM's vendor.
>>> >>
>>> >> People/customers here are more familiar with the Fortigate, however, we
>>> >> need to build a well-rounded solution that suits wide range of
>>> enterprises'
>>> >> business needs.
>>> >>
>>> >> Thanks,
>>> >>
>>> >> Ramy
>>> >>
>>>
>>>
>>


Re: A multi-tenant firewall for an MSSP

2015-08-17 Thread Rakesh M
Have a look below Ramy pdf

https://www.sophos.com/en-us/medialibrary/PDFs/partners/sophos_complete_security_msps_dsna.pdf?la=en



On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 12:59 PM, Ramy Hashish 
wrote:

> Thank you Rakesh and Colin.
>
> I just want to amend something, "FW as a service" rather than "security as
> a service".
>
> Are you sure sophos has such a solution?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ramy
>
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 9:47 AM, Colin Johnston 
> wrote:
>
>> sophos utm works great :)
>>
>> Colin
>>
>> > On 17 Aug 2015, at 05:56, Rakesh M  wrote:
>> >
>> > I have seen one of our customers using Sophos and they are relatively
>> happy
>> > about it. Not directly experienced though.
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> > Rakesh
>> >
>> > On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 10:16 AM, Ramy Hashish > >
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hello All,
>> >>
>> >> We are planning to implement a multi-tenant FW/UTM and start providing
>> >> security as a service, I would like to hear if anybody had experience
>> on
>> >> this, and if there are any recommendations for the UTM's vendor.
>> >>
>> >> People/customers here are more familiar with the Fortigate, however, we
>> >> need to build a well-rounded solution that suits wide range of
>> enterprises'
>> >> business needs.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >>
>> >> Ramy
>> >>
>>
>>
>


Re: A multi-tenant firewall for an MSSP

2015-08-17 Thread Colin Johnston
one vm per sophos utm per customer

works well even with low ram as well

Colin

> On 17 Aug 2015, at 08:14, Andrew Jones  wrote:
> 
> Is there a multi-tennant capable UTM from Sophos? Or are you using a vm 
> instance per customer?
> Thanks,
> Andrew
> 
> On 17.08.2015 16:47, Colin Johnston wrote:
>> sophos utm works great :)
>> 
>> Colin
>> 
>>> On 17 Aug 2015, at 05:56, Rakesh M  wrote:
>>> 
>>> I have seen one of our customers using Sophos and they are relatively happy
>>> about it. Not directly experienced though.
>>> 
>>> Thanks
>>> Rakesh
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 10:16 AM, Ramy Hashish 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
 Hello All,
 
 We are planning to implement a multi-tenant FW/UTM and start providing
 security as a service, I would like to hear if anybody had experience on
 this, and if there are any recommendations for the UTM's vendor.
 
 People/customers here are more familiar with the Fortigate, however, we
 need to build a well-rounded solution that suits wide range of enterprises'
 business needs.
 
 Thanks,
 
 Ramy
 
> 



Re: A multi-tenant firewall for an MSSP

2015-08-17 Thread Ramy Hashish
Thank you Rakesh and Colin.

I just want to amend something, "FW as a service" rather than "security as
a service".

Are you sure sophos has such a solution?

Thanks,

Ramy

On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 9:47 AM, Colin Johnston 
wrote:

> sophos utm works great :)
>
> Colin
>
> > On 17 Aug 2015, at 05:56, Rakesh M  wrote:
> >
> > I have seen one of our customers using Sophos and they are relatively
> happy
> > about it. Not directly experienced though.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Rakesh
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 10:16 AM, Ramy Hashish 
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Hello All,
> >>
> >> We are planning to implement a multi-tenant FW/UTM and start providing
> >> security as a service, I would like to hear if anybody had experience on
> >> this, and if there are any recommendations for the UTM's vendor.
> >>
> >> People/customers here are more familiar with the Fortigate, however, we
> >> need to build a well-rounded solution that suits wide range of
> enterprises'
> >> business needs.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Ramy
> >>
>
>


Re: A multi-tenant firewall for an MSSP

2015-08-17 Thread alvin nanog

hi 

> On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 10:16 AM, Ramy Hashish 
> wrote:
> 
> We are planning to implement a multi-tenant FW/UTM and start providing
> security as a service, I would like to hear if anybody had experience on

that'd be a good thing ... but ...

> this, and if there are any recommendations for the UTM's vendor.

the possible vendors would depend on the answers to your idea of
what is "well rounded solution"

# fortinet's (possible) competitors
http://ddos-Mitigator.net/Competitors

> People/customers here are more familiar with the Fortigate, however, we
> need to build a well-rounded solution that suits wide range of enterprises'
> business needs.

# i doubt there is one product that provides the "well rounded solution"

in my world, "well rounded solution" would imply at least the following:
- anti virus solution  ( one or more products to resolve the virus issue )
- anti spam solution  ( one or more products to resolve the spam issue )
- iptables with tarpit ( protect against the free tcp-based script kiddies 
tests )
- udp limiting at isp ( part of iptables or your edge routers )
- icmp limiting at isp ( part of iptables or your edge routers )
- ingress/egress filters for your downlinks
- geographically distributed colo to mitigate small/medium sized ddos attacks
- regulatory compliance this and certified that vs "just anybody" ...
- good response time to fix problems reported by competent customer's IT folks
- other things you deem important to provide ..

pixie dust
alvin
#
# ddos-Mitigator.net
# ddos-Simulator.net



Re: A multi-tenant firewall for an MSSP

2015-08-17 Thread Andrew Jones
Is there a multi-tennant capable UTM from Sophos? Or are you using a vm 
instance per customer?

Thanks,
Andrew

On 17.08.2015 16:47, Colin Johnston wrote:

sophos utm works great :)

Colin


On 17 Aug 2015, at 05:56, Rakesh M  wrote:

I have seen one of our customers using Sophos and they are 
relatively happy

about it. Not directly experienced though.

Thanks
Rakesh

On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 10:16 AM, Ramy Hashish 


wrote:


Hello All,

We are planning to implement a multi-tenant FW/UTM and start 
providing
security as a service, I would like to hear if anybody had 
experience on

this, and if there are any recommendations for the UTM's vendor.

People/customers here are more familiar with the Fortigate, 
however, we
need to build a well-rounded solution that suits wide range of 
enterprises'

business needs.

Thanks,

Ramy





Re: A multi-tenant firewall for an MSSP

2015-08-16 Thread Colin Johnston
sophos utm works great :)

Colin

> On 17 Aug 2015, at 05:56, Rakesh M  wrote:
> 
> I have seen one of our customers using Sophos and they are relatively happy
> about it. Not directly experienced though.
> 
> Thanks
> Rakesh
> 
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 10:16 AM, Ramy Hashish 
> wrote:
> 
>> Hello All,
>> 
>> We are planning to implement a multi-tenant FW/UTM and start providing
>> security as a service, I would like to hear if anybody had experience on
>> this, and if there are any recommendations for the UTM's vendor.
>> 
>> People/customers here are more familiar with the Fortigate, however, we
>> need to build a well-rounded solution that suits wide range of enterprises'
>> business needs.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Ramy
>> 



Re: A multi-tenant firewall for an MSSP

2015-08-16 Thread Rakesh M
I have seen one of our customers using Sophos and they are relatively happy
about it. Not directly experienced though.

Thanks
Rakesh

On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 10:16 AM, Ramy Hashish 
wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> We are planning to implement a multi-tenant FW/UTM and start providing
> security as a service, I would like to hear if anybody had experience on
> this, and if there are any recommendations for the UTM's vendor.
>
> People/customers here are more familiar with the Fortigate, however, we
> need to build a well-rounded solution that suits wide range of enterprises'
> business needs.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ramy
>


A multi-tenant firewall for an MSSP

2015-08-16 Thread Ramy Hashish
Hello All,

We are planning to implement a multi-tenant FW/UTM and start providing
security as a service, I would like to hear if anybody had experience on
this, and if there are any recommendations for the UTM's vendor.

People/customers here are more familiar with the Fortigate, however, we
need to build a well-rounded solution that suits wide range of enterprises'
business needs.

Thanks,

Ramy