Take a look at the watchguard products. www.watchguard.com Regards, Thorsten
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 6. März 2003 21:05 > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Betreff: Firewall recommendations? > > > > > I am in charge of researching a firewall to replace what we currently > > have. At my previous job I had used Microsoft ISA in a low-security > > environment, and was happy with its features, and its > integration with > > the Windows environment there. However, at my current job, > security is a > > much greater concern, and I have to admit, I am somewhat > uneasy running a > > Microsoft firewall product on top of a Microsoft OS. We also had > > investigated Checkpoint as well as Cisco Pix, and found that for our > > needs, the Pix at least seemed to need _many_ separate > components for the > > same functionality. My question is what are your experiences > with using > > ISA from a security standpoint? Usability issues? From the > Mac end? Or > > would we be better off pursuing the Checkpoint or the Pix > solution? We > > also plan on implementing VPN over whatever we choose, so if you > > recommend something other than these, it should support at > least PPTP and > > perhaps eventually IPSec/L2TP. We have also considered placing ISA > > behind a Linux (or BSD) IP Chains firewall and our perimeter > network to > > block some of the traffic from getting to ISA. Any comments > here? Thanks > > to everybody in advance! >