Also I forgot. Application firewalls on the desktop and servers are nice and less expensive. Zone Alarm and Zone Alarm Pro are good choices as are the Symantec and MacAfee products Earl Ogden Network Specialist Regional Training Institute CCCCD 925-930-8366 xt 8209 Cell: 925-768-0030
-----Original Message----- From: Ogden, Earl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 9:10 AM To: 'Derrenbacker, L. Jonathan'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: Sizing a Firewall for a client Good Morning, Many vendors sell levels of firewall. Both Cisco and Sonicwall have enterprise platforms; they also have soho units. For 5 users I tend to go with the Sonicwall tele2/3 units or a PIX 501. With antivirus subscriptions and enhanced support warranty, these are in the $800 range. With out the add-ons both come in at close to $400. I tend to stay from the dsl routers as the only defenses they offer are simple NAT. My $.02 Earl Ogden Network Specialist Regional Training Institute CCCCD 925-930-8366 xt 8209 Cell: 925-768-0030 -----Original Message----- From: Derrenbacker, L. Jonathan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 7:40 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Sizing a Firewall for a client How do you go about sizing a firewall for a given client? Right now I have a client that's only 5 users, and they $1,000 for a firewall would be pushing it. The only fancy thing they need is the ability to let exchange and terminal server ports to be mapped to the internal IP addresses. Would something like a cablemodem/dsl router be sufficient in a case like this? If it depends, what does it depend on? Thanks in advance.
