Re: Firewall Basics

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Some say that having two different firewalls will make it harder for an
attacker,
and some say that with different firewalls you have more chance to have
misconfiguration problems.

So if your familiar only with PIX it's probably better to put a second PIX.

But that may be a philosophical question !

Simon S.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jennifer Fountain" <jfountain () rbinc com>
To: <security-basics () securityfocus com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 5:18 PM
Subject: Firewall Basics


Hi all:

I am designing a "service" network that is separate from our
"production" network.  Our web sites, email server, etc will be
utilizing this network; whereas, internet traffic and vpn traffic will
utilize the other.  My question is in regards to firewalls.  Currently,
I am using a PIX for my production network.  From what I have been
hearing, it is recommended to use two different firewall vendors in this
situation.  Is this a general consensus with all of you?  Or do you
think having another pix would be ok?  Thanks for any info!


Kind Regards,

Jennifer


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