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Firewall/VPN/IDS/IPS security appliances - any recommendations?
From: David Boyer <David () BVU EDU>
Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 23:34:49 -0500
We're looking at the Fortigate 500A for our environment, and it appears to be a good fit. Does anyone have any experience with these or similar alternatives? I'd appreciate not getting any replies from vendors who might monitor this group. We currently have a 20Mbit WAN connection and are planning for the possibility of having 90-100Mbps in 3-5 years, and we'd like the appliance to have the capacity to handle that increase. We would put the device at our perimeter. We're looking primarily for firewall, traffic shaping, HTTP/FTP/IM virus scanning, blocking of phishing sites, and IDS/IPS. Being able to function as a router would be a plus. Your feedback and suggestions are appreciated. David Boyer Buena Vista University
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