Re: Off most blacklists, now looking for hardware firewall

2008-10-03 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 2 Oct 2008 at 15:05, Holstrom, Don wrote: > Many thanks to this list. Sent me in the right direction, right away. I > truly wish I could return the favor, but as a Master of None... > > I would like to set up a hardware firewall outside of my router and its > firewall. I'd like to keep the co

Re: Off most blacklists, now looking for hardware firewall

2008-10-03 Thread Phil Brutsche
I guess we're lucky to... the only time I've needed their support is when a unit has truly gone bad... a very very rare occurance. We have a dozen TZ 170s in service... Andy Ognenoff wrote: > I guess we're lucky then...I've never experienced a functional issue with > any of our SonicWall products.

RE: Off most blacklists, now looking for hardware firewall

2008-10-03 Thread Andy Ognenoff
essage- >From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 5:43 PM >To: NT System Admin Issues >Subject: RE: Off most blacklists, now looking for hardware firewall > >That's completely unacceptable in a production product, especially one that

RE: Off most blacklists, now looking for hardware firewall

2008-10-02 Thread Erik Goldoff
That's completely unacceptable in a production product, especially one that is critical to security -Original Message- From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 4:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Off most blacklists, now lookin

Re: Off most blacklists, now looking for hardware firewall

2008-10-02 Thread Phil Brutsche
They frequently have growing pains when they introduce a new generation of hardware with a major new software version. The NSA series is the "latest and greatest" and unfortunately such things are to be expected. We currently use a PRO 4060. When we got it in 2003 we had huge trouble with

Re: Off most blacklists, now looking for hardware firewall

2008-10-02 Thread James Kerr
LOL, I just went through two sonic walls NSA2400s in a month and returned both, first one was defective from the box and the second I ran into an issue and I needed some clarity from their tech support so I opened a ticket. The helpdesk said someone would contact me within 1 day. 10 days later

RE: Off most blacklists, now looking for hardware firewall

2008-10-02 Thread Andy Ognenoff
>FortiNet has a good reputation, but they are almost as expensive as a >Cisco. They're not lacking in the feature set department though. I've >never used them myself. I really like the FortiGate-60B for SOHO. >SonicWALLs get a bad rap, but they work well for me and my employer. A >SonicWALL TZ 19

RE: Off most blacklists, now looking for hardware firewall

2008-10-02 Thread Phil Brutsche
Typo I meant to put $1000 :) Erik Goldoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> previously uttered: ASA 5505 for under $100 ??? WHERE ? Or was that a type and you meant under $1000 ??? -- Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: Off most blacklists, now looking for hardware firewall

2008-10-02 Thread Chinnery, Paul
stem Admin Issues Subject: RE: Off most blacklists, now looking for hardware firewall If you think a PIX can get expensive you haven't seen an ASA yet! "Chinnery, Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> previously uttered: > Sorry, I didn't seen the earlier posts on this thread. PIx

RE: Off most blacklists, now looking for hardware firewall

2008-10-02 Thread Erik Goldoff
ASA 5505 for under $100 ??? WHERE ? Or was that a type and you meant under $1000 ??? -Original Message- From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 3:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Off most blacklists, now looking for hardware firewall

RE: Off most blacklists, now looking for hardware firewall

2008-10-02 Thread Phil Brutsche
If you think a PIX can get expensive you haven't seen an ASA yet! "Chinnery, Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> previously uttered: Sorry, I didn't seen the earlier posts on this thread. PIx can be expensive depending on the options. I'd suggest ASA or possibly Watchguard. -- Phil Brutsche [EM

Re: Off most blacklists, now looking for hardware firewall

2008-10-02 Thread Phil Brutsche
If by router you mean a Linksys or DLink or Netgear or ... you are better off just tossing it altogether. You keep hearing about Cisco PIXes, but keep in mind that Cisco EOS'd (EOS = End Of Sale) a year or two ago. They've been replaced with the ASA (Adaptive security Appliance) line. The on

RE: Off most blacklists, now looking for hardware firewall

2008-10-02 Thread Erik Goldoff
You don't say what size network you're trying to protect, nor how you use the network. You could get something like a Juniper/Netscreen NS-5 series for in the $500 range if I remember correctly ... Although they're about to discontinue that line for a new model (but that may make the price lower o

RE: Off most blacklists, now looking for hardware firewall

2008-10-02 Thread Chinnery, Paul
Sorry, I didn't seen the earlier posts on this thread. PIx can be expensive depending on the options. I'd suggest ASA or possibly Watchguard. -Original Message- From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 3:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Off