Re: Firewall Vendors

[Dennis Bohn <bohn () ADELPHI EDU>]

HI Eric,
Since you again mentioned bandwidth shaping, I wanted to let you know that
we are pretty pleased with Net Equalizer.  It's best feature is that most
of the time it does no shaping :-) Until it is approaching a preset
bandwidth threshold, and then throttles back the users with the highest
number of flows/most bandwidth.  A few times a week I get an email that it
has kicked into shaping, but most of the time it just sits there.  This
does not have the precise reports of who is using what L7 protocol, but we
stopped caring until there is a problem, and other tools work then.

best,
dennis

Dennis Bohn
Manager of Network and Systems
Adelphi University
bohn () adelphi edu
5168773327

On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 11:53 AM, Tornoe, Eric J. <EJTORNOE () stthomas edu>
wrote:

>  We are considering a pair of PA 5060’s and it is good to hear that
> everyone who has them has had a positive experience. It sounds like the PA
> would also meet our needs for P2P blocking and minimal bandwidth shaping,
> allowing us to eliminate our PacketShaper. We would plan to roll training
> into the initial purchase, which would be provided by our reseller.
>
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> *From:* The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:
> SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] *On Behalf Of *Michael Horne
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 30, 2014 10:30 AM
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> *To:* SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> *Subject:* Re: [SECURITY] Firewall Vendors
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> +1 for PaloAlto’s
>
> I really love these things compared to the older checkpoints we had
> running prior.
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> *From:* The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [
> mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU <SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU>] *On
> Behalf Of *King, Ronald A.
> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 29, 2014 5:59 PM
> *To:* SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> *Subject:* Re: [SECURITY] Firewall Vendors
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> Palo Alto Networks.  We have had a pair of their next generation PA 5050s
> and have been very happy with them.
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> *Got a Phish (email)? Forward it to abuse () nsu edu <abuse () nsu edu>!*
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> *Ronald King, CISSP*
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> *Interim CISO & Technical Services Director*
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> *Norfolk State University*
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> *http://security.nsu.edu <http://security.nsu.edu/>*
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> *From:* The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [
> mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU <SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU>] *On
> Behalf Of *Kubb, Richard
> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 29, 2014 5:55 PM
> *To:* SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> *Subject:* [SECURITY] Firewall Vendors
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> Greetings,
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> At Maryville we currently use a Sonicwall firewall that is rapidly
> reaching end of life and are starting to explore alternative vendors.
> Curious which vendors and models others are using for your firewall
> solution.  We also use Packetshaper as part of our solution and we would
> consider a single firewall device and eliminate the use of Packetshaper if
> we can find the right solution.
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> Regards,
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> Rick.
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> Rick Kubb
>
> Director of Technology Services
> Maryville University
> 314-529-9606
>
> Gander Hall, Room 215
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> rkubb () maryville edu