Re: Firewall recommendations

["Bean, Mike" <BeanM () STMARY EDU>]

I would make a strong recommendation to at least look at TippingPoint,
www.tippingpoint.com.  We currently run their X506 series at our main
campus and an X505 at a remote site.  The X series has VPN capability,
IDS/IPS, web filtering(if activated) and the ability to use the IDS/IPS
and firewall function on each of its ports.  We have been very happy
with the support and reliability, in two years we have not had an
unplanned outage.  If you have any questions please feel free to contact
me.

 

Mike

Michael H. Bean

PC Technician

University of Saint Mary

Leavenworth, KS 66048

Phone #: (913) 682-5151 ext 6999

Email: BeanM () stmary edu

 

 

 

From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv
[mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Jeff Holden
Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 4:41 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