Re: Hardware Firewall recommendations

["Kelly Keeton" <kellyrkeeton () gmail com>]

dont know if your budget is in the realm, but Secure Computing
Sidewinders are layer7 and do a lot that is real nice for people that
dont keep 100 security appliances around.

On Nov 30, 2007 8:52 AM, Tremaine Lea <tremaine () gmail com> wrote:
> 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 -.