RE: UTM

["Craig Wright" <Craig.Wright () bdo com au>]

I agree. Small networks with restricted funds are the best target for
this device. 

I still have an issue putting all my eggs in one basket so to speak
though.

The primary issue that I see with UTM's in small organisations is that
they are deemed set and forget. This may be wrong and I understand this,
but the devices suffer from the admonishments of the vendor sales team.

I have heard them sold as one stop set and forget devices. Though most
on the list are likely to have issues with this type of sales strategy,
most consumers of these devices are not people on this list.

Regards,
Craig



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-----Original Message-----

From: listbounce () securityfocus com [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com]
On Behalf Of mickael kael
Sent: Thursday, 19 April 2007 3:07 AM
To: Tornado
Cc: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: Re: UTM

Hi,

I have deployed some UTM (i will not give you the name). I met lot of
of bug and bad implementation, this result in lot of firmware update
(update = network outage + technician intervention cost).

UTM is maybe a good way for small office but you must take care about
maintenance time.

Appliance which do just one thing (Cisco pix, ...) are generally more
stable and there is no need to update it every 4 month.

Best regards,

Mk,

On 4/18/07, Tornado <itsec_guy () bluebottle com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> What are your views about UTMs (Unified Threat Management Sytems)?
> We are looking at Sonicwall  Pro 2040 and Pro 3060 for our company.
Has
> anyone had experience with UTMs ? Any other alternatives to Sonicwall?
>
> You help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.