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RE: Hardware Firewall recommendations
From: "Kevin Ortloff" <Kevin.Ortloff () j2global com>
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 09:01:51 -0800
I only work with enterprise level devices, but recently I came across a Fortigate Firewall from a friends small business. I looked at the GUI and it was pretty simple. Along with being a firewall, it also had IPS features and 8 ports to do with whatever you wanted, in/out/dmz, etc... I'm not sure if it did VLAN'ing, but I wouldn't doubt it. Not a bad small / medium business device. Worth a look for sure. http://www.fortinet.com/products/fortigate_overview.html -----Original Message----- From: listbounce () securityfocus com [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com] On Behalf Of Kola Salami Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 11:26 PM To: 'TVB NOC'; 'Tremaine Lea'; 'Chris [HORIZONsolutions]' Cc: security-basics () securityfocus com Subject: RE: Hardware Firewall recommendations Hello all, Permit me to diverse a bit from this discussion. I have a question on LINUX firewall; how secured is linux firewall (SUSE enterprise edition) if deployed on companies central server workstation for a small medium Scale. Thanks Kola Salami -----Original Message----- From: listbounce () securityfocus com [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com] On Behalf Of TVB NOC Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 9:08 PM To: Tremaine Lea; Chris [HORIZONsolutions] Cc: security-basics () securityfocus com Subject: RE: Hardware Firewall recommendations I utilize the Checkpoint EDGE solution a lot for small companies, its very easy to setup and configure, has easy management features and it's user friendly. I have also used SonicWall, Juniper (NetScreen) and Cisco PIX (ASA), all of which are sound solutions, however if you are not real familiar with command line functions and if your client wants to have the ability to configure certain things, I would venture to say that you may want to leave the Cisco solution, possibly Juniper too, and stick with a GUI based solution. In addition, if you need a DMZ option, unless things have changed Cisco does not provide a dedicated DMZ port. Lastly, if you need a good purchase resource I have great contacts for all those solutions... Hope this helps... -----Original Message----- From: listbounce () securityfocus com [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com] On Behalf Of Tremaine Lea Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 8:52 AM To: Chris [HORIZONsolutions] Cc: security-basics () securityfocus com Subject: Re: Hardware Firewall recommendations Any decent firewall/router should be capable of what you are requiring, from entry level cisco routers to Checkpoint to Juniper to Sonicwall to... the list is pretty long ;) If the only requirement is being able to handle/configure two wan links and basic ACL's, you have a lot of options and can choose any relatively mainstream firewall and base your decision primarily on cost. If there are other needs such as IDS/IPS, VPN support, QoS, vlan's etc, that will narrow the field a little bit. Cheers, --- Tremaine Lea Network Security Consultant Intrepid ACL "Paranoia for hire" On 30-Nov-07, at 4:22 AM, Chris [HORIZONsolutions] wrote:
Hi, I'm investigating the purchase of a hardware firewall. I'm hoping people here could point me in the right direction, if not give recommendations. I've got two separate connections, one to a individual server and one to a small LAN of several servers. The need for the two separate incoming pipes is because we're billed individually for the bandwidth usage. I would rather buy one box that can handle both of these connections instead of two boxes, mainly to ease the administration but this isn't essential. This should make sense, thanks, Chris -.
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Current thread:
- RE: Hardware Firewall recommendations TVB NOC (Dec 01)
- RE: Hardware Firewall recommendations Kola Salami (Dec 04)
- RE: Hardware Firewall recommendations Kevin Ortloff (Dec 04)
- Hardware Firewall recommendations (with content filters Scott Warren (Dec 04)
- RE: Hardware Firewall recommendations (with content filters Yahsodhan Deshpande (Dec 04)
- Re: Hardware Firewall recommendations (with content filters Bryan S. Sampsel (Dec 04)
- RE: Hardware Firewall recommendations Bryan S. Sampsel (Dec 04)
- Re: Hardware Firewall recommendations Chad Perrin (Dec 04)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Hardware Firewall recommendations Kelly Keeton (Dec 01)
- Re: Hardware Firewall recommendations Chris [HORIZONsolutions] (Dec 04)
- RE: Hardware Firewall recommendations Kola Salami (Dec 04)