I would have to recommend Sidewinder g2 from secure computing. It is a proxy based and stateful packet filter firewall. They like to call it a hybrid.
www.securecomputing.com Marc -----Original Message----- From: Mark Kelsay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 11:42 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Firewall recommendations? I am a big fan of Netscreen, www.netscreen.com. SonicWall is good also, www.sonicwall.com. mark -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 3:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 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!
