Re: Firewall recommendations

[Jarrod Millman <millman () BERKELEY EDU>]

On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 2:41 PM, Jeff Holden <JHolden () mtsac edu> wrote:
> 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.

I have been very happy with Juniper's Netscreen appliances.

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Jarrod Millman
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