AW: Firewall recommendations?

["Thorsten Dampf -- 7stein.net" <thorsten.dampf () 7stein net>]

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

Regards, Thorsten


> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: rdusek () myway com [mailto:rdusek () myway com] 
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 6. März 2003 21:05
> An: security-basics () securityfocus com
> 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 
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> 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 
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> would we be better off pursuing the Checkpoint or the Pix 
> solution? We 
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> also plan on implementing VPN over whatever we choose, so if you 
>
> recommend something other than these, it should support at 
> least PPTP and 
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> perhaps eventually IPSec/L2TP.  We have also considered placing ISA 
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> 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!