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Re: Nokia firewalls
From: Mohammad Rizal Othman <rizal () mimos my>
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 09:25:50 +0800
Carric Dooley wrote:
It depends on what you are trying to accomplish. Is this and ISP with multiple DS3's or an enterprise with a couple T1's? For the ISP I would probably go PIX (though the IP650's are almost as fast as a PIX box if you are not using NAT). For the enterprise I would (more times than not, but still, depending on what they needed) pick FW-1 on Nokia. They are a similar approach to firewalling in that they are both appliances. You don't have to harden the OS. I have heard the argument that if you are not good with IOS, PIX is a bad idea, but I don't really agree with that. Their GUI mgt tool is... well, adequate. I know both solutions have a built in HA configuration, but I have never seen Cisco's work. I have seen two Cisco egineers get VERY frustrated at two PIX firwewalls configured for HA however, and these were Cisco GURUs. On the other hand, I have configured the Nokia's myself several times, and they just work.. without a hitch. I definately prefer the management of both the Nokia box and FW-1 itself. You configure all your routing, HA, firewall version, etc. through a web browswer, then use the mgt console to build your policy defining nework objects and services then deciding how the objects can access each other using which services. It's a wonderfully simple approach. I wouldn't say one is better than the other. You have to pick the solution that best meets your needs (IOW you will have to figure out what you need, then decide which product meets all your needs). Carric Dooley COM2:Interactive Media http://www.com2usa.com On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, Russell Grant wrote:Does anyone have any information of the Nokia firewall product? Specifically how does it stack up against the PIX?
Speaking about these firewalls, does anybody has any experience with Nanoteq's NetSeq (http://www.nanoteq.com) and Secure Computing's SecureZone. I would like to hear about your experiences and opinion before making the decision on which to use. This is for an ISP environment.
Current thread:
- Nokia firewalls Russell Grant (Aug 18)
- Re: Nokia firewalls Mikael Olsson (Aug 20)
- Re: Nokia firewalls Carric Dooley (Aug 20)
- Re: Nokia firewalls Mohammad Rizal Othman (Aug 21)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Nokia firewalls Kelvin Garrahan (Aug 23)