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Re: Was, RE: Firewall recommendations
From: Brian Epstein <bepstein () IAS EDU>
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 09:33:30 -0500
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 03/03/2008 08:54 AM, Jon Hanny wrote: | I was an SE for Check Point Software and I believe that Check Point is a far | superior firewall. They have a UTM-1 firewall that is pretty inexpensive | and comes bundled with IDS, VPN, firewall, and may even include AV by now. | Check Point is an extremely good company and knows how to protect networks. | They are they only company (as of last october) where both the firewall and | manageement pieces are EAL4 certified as well. I have used Check Point's | products since 2000 and am a true believer. As a side note, the netscreen | firewall's GUI mimics Check Points which is very easy to use. Check Point | offers both an appliance option, or software only which runs on many HP's. | It runs on Secure Platform which is a Check Point hardened Linux kernel | based on RHEL 3 (might be up to RHEL 5 now). Anyway, that is just my $.02. We use Checkpoint Firewall-1. Their latest release, R65, still runs on RHEL3. It is a good firewall, I've been relatively happy with it. I have run into some issues which may be just configuration issues on my end. Specifically, Netflix Watch It Now does not work. We've also had issues with iChat and other H323 or SIP based protocols. Skype works great, but other things have been difficult if not impossible to setup. We use a failover setup that has been really good. For the most part, I've been a happy customer. Thanks, Brian - -- Brian Epstein <bepstein () ias edu> +1 609-734-8179 Network and Security Officer Institute for Advanced Study Key fingerprint = 128A 38F4 4CFA 5EDB 99CE 4734 6117 4C25 0371 C12A -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHzAw6YRdMJQNxwSoRAjtRAJoDC7fPZE7hqT7O/+/EakSWI89xIwCeKZos pgUC6eePug/+4uFwGfwsqHg= =8fTg -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Current thread:
- Was, RE: Firewall recommendations Halliday,Paul (Mar 01)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Was, RE: Firewall recommendations Jon Hanny (Mar 03)
- Re: Was, RE: Firewall recommendations Brian Epstein (Mar 03)
- Re: Was, RE: Firewall recommendations Curt Wilson (Mar 03)
- Re: Was, RE: Firewall recommendations Dan Oachs (Mar 03)