Take a look at the watchguard products. www.watchguard.com

Regards, Thorsten


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> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 6. März 2003 21:05
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> Betreff: Firewall recommendations?
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> 
> 
> 
> 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!
> 

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