Peter, Is this the relatively new 'High IO' low cost solution they've offered?
Have you used it? If so, what do you think? Thanks, John On Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 08:58:42AM -0400, Peter Wong wrote: > If you can't afford to buy the Nokia or a Sun box, Check out CheckPoint's > SecurePlatform. They don't advertise this much but it works pretty good. > It's a hardened RedHat kernel with CheckPoint on it. IT can be installed on > a Pentium II in less than 10 minutes. The nice thing about this you don't > need to go to Red Hat to get fixes, Checkpoint will provide the complete > package when you download new hot fixes. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Hartley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 4:00 PM > To: Michael Bulebush > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Checkpoing NG on Linux or Windows? > > > Talk about the lesser of 3 evils. If you already purchased the equipment > for your firewalls and cannot return it then out of the three choices I > would pick Linux to run NG on. It will give you better performance then on > the typical Windows platform, however if you were able to return those > system I would recommend looking at the Nokia IPSO solution or even a Sun > Solution running on a Ultra 50. I dont know your background with Solaris or > Open BSD but for checkpoint this is what I would recommend. > > Kind Regards, > > Christopher Hartley > Network Security Consultant > > > > > "Michael Bulebush" > > <Michael.Bulebush@net To: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > l.doe.gov> cc: > > Subject: Checkpoing NG on > Linux or Windows? > > > 09/18/2002 11:12 AM > > > > > > > > > > Hello everyone, > > We're about to migrate to Checkpoint NG soon, and I've been tasked to > gather data to determine which version of OS we will run our software on. > We have already purchased 6 Dell systems (I'm unsure of specs), so the > choices are Windows NT, 2000, or a Linux flavor. I'm looking for > recommendations, and perhaps links to performance ratings to use as a > comparison for each. Also, I'd love to hear the horror stories, so I'm not > as blind sided as I was with our McAfee WebShield from months past! > Thanks for your help guys. > > Michael Bulebush > Trusted Information Systems > U.S. Department of Energy, NETL > Pittsburgh, PA > (412) 386-4783 daytime > (412) 371-8882 off-hours > > > > > > > ========== > The preceding e-mail message (including any attachments) contains > information that may be confidential, be protected by the attorney-client > or other applicable privileges, or constitute non-public information. It > is intended to be conveyed only to the designated recipient(s). If you are > not an intended recipient of this message, please notify the sender by > replying to this message and then delete it from your system. Use, > dissemination, distribution, or reproduction of this message by unintended > recipients is not authorized and may be unlawful. > ========== > -- Didja Know... It is estimated that illiteracy costs U.S. businesses $225 billion a year in lost productivity? (Source: Useless Facts)
