Re: Fortinet Firewalls

["Avdagic, Indir" <indir_avdagic () WSU EDU>]

We are using Cisco ASA and Juniper security appliances and we have great
experience with both vendors. Recently we had web demo on Palo Alto's
security appliances and their product provides very good visibility into
application, users, and content. In addition they demonstrated the
innovative control and data plane separation and single-pass parallel
processing architecture with significantly lower latency.

Regards,

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Indir Avdagic, CISSP, ACSA, TICSA

Network Security Engineer

Washington State University  

indir_avdagic () wsu edu

Phone: (509) 335-3279
http://infotech.wsu.edu/security/  

 

          

 

 

 

 

From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv
[mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Consolvo, Corbett D
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 7:14 AM
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Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Fortinet Firewalls

 

We use ASAs, they have very good basic firewall performance (best I've
seen) but do not have the intelligence that the pure-play firewalls
have.  I have been interested in looking at Palo Alto firewalls but have
not had a chance past a quick demo.

Thanks,

Corbett

Texas State University

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[SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Ramon Hermida
[rhermida () UTPA EDU]
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 9:07 AM
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Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Fortinet Firewalls

We are using Fortinet firewalls for several firewall purposes.  We run
these in a clusters (we are using their mid-range blade solution) and
active-active mode to do load-balancing.  We have been using IPS, A/V
scanning, web filtering and some traffic shaping quite successfully for
a couple of years now.  We have also used their IPSEC, and SSL VPN
functionality without any issues.  We are actually quite impressed with
the IPS functionality because it allows blocking not only by signature,
but also by malicious behavior.  We are currently passing about 240 Mbps
of bandwidth and what we like about the solution is that when our
bandwidth needs increase, we just add additional blades to the cluster.
Last time I checked Cisco ASA could not handle IPS scanning for more
than 100 Mbps of bandwidth.  

Please contact me off-list if you wish further details as I don't feel
comfortable disclosing further details of our network infrastructure in
a public forum.

Regards

-RH

Ramon Hermida

Senior Network Security Analyst

University of Texas Pan American

 

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[mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Pufahl, Jason
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 8:27 AM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Fortinet Firewalls

 

The University of Connecticut uses Fortinet firewalls at a variety of
locations throughout campus.  Unfortunately, we deployed them at our
Internet borders and they have never performed as advertised.  We have
had no end of significant software issues related to A/V and IPS
scanning and performance.  At our lower traffic volume sites the
hardware performs adequately.  Our opinion is that Fortinet is not
suited for an enterprise deployment, but that they fit well in a small
office/small network scenario.

We are in the process of evaluating different vendors now with the
intention of replacing the Internet facing  firewalls before next fall.


Feel free to contact me off list if you would like additional
information.

-Jason Pufahl

Team Lead, Network Security

University of Connecticut

 

 

From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv
[mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Kellogg, Brian D.
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 8:57 AM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] Fortinet Firewalls

 

We currently run an old Pix firewall and it's done the job well, but
it's time to retire it.  We are looking at Fortinet and Cisco ASA at the
moment and are quite interested in Fortinet due to the its price and
capabilities at that price point.  Would anyone be willing to share
their experience with Fortinet firewalls and their tech support?  We are
most interested in their VPN, both user and site to site; SSL VPN; virus
scanning; and IPS features.

Suggestions of other vendors that can provide the same features are
welcome as well.

 

 

Thank you,

 

Brian Kellogg

Network Services Manager

St. Bonaventure University

716-375-4092