Re: Firewall recommendations

["Constantakos, William" <wcon () CONNCOLL EDU>]

If you have a Cisco 6500 with a available slot take a look at the Cisco 6500 FWSM as an alternative to inline 
firewalls, we migrated to it from 3 NetScreen firewalls and are very pleased. 
We also use a ASA for our VPN needs and comparing it's firewall capabilities to the FWSM is apples and oranges.

William Constantakos, CCNA                    
Systems Administrator
Connecticut College
wcon () conncoll edu
860.439.2183



-----Original Message-----
From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv on behalf of Jeff Holden
Sent: Fri 2/29/2008 5:41 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] Firewall recommendations
 

We are looking at upgrading our campus's firewall.  We are currently using a pair of end of life PIX 515s.  We have 
been looking at the Cisco ASA and Juniper Netscreen products.  We are very early in our evaluation and haven't talked 
with any venders yet.  We are wondering if any other campus has been through this process recently and can offer any 
suggestions.  We are looking at the bandwidth they can handle, price, added features such as VPN, IDS/IPS 
functionality, likes and dislikes and any other helpful advise.    Currently we are a mixed Cisco and HP shop, but are 
open to any and all vendors solutions. 

Thanks,
Jeff Holden, CISSP, RHCE
Manager, Network & Data Security
Mt. San Antonio College
(909) 594-5611 X5017