Re: small schools - nextgen firewalls

[Samuel Garnier <samuel.garnier () HPU EDU>]

Hi Steve,

Are there any reasons why you're considering purchasing a Palo Alto firewall rather than buying another FortiGate? I 
would imagine the migration would be smoother and your team must be quite familiar with operating a FortiGate firewall 
by now. FortiGate seems to be offering similar next gen features than Palo Alto.


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From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Steve 
Camacho
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Any example from larger institutions?  We are a Fortigate shop, but we are due for an upgrade this year.  The PA 
products look very compelling, but wondering if there are any "gotchas" that might hurt in larger shops.  We are about 
30K FT students and 50K plus PT students with about 6000 employees.  Currently two 10G pipes, but looking to add at 
least 1 more 10G internet pipe at our backup DC for redundancy.

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From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] on behalf of Kurz, Kenneth 
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Subject: Re: [SECURITY] small schools - nextgen firewalls
I'm relatively new to the list but have seen this thread and people comparing a SonicWall to a Palo.  IMHO apples and 
oranges.  For a smaller organization why not something like a Meraki MX box with the security license...I think priced 
along the lines of the SonicWall but just as (if not more) capable.  The admin interface is better than either of the 
others.

Ken


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From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Julie 
Newton
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Subject: [SECURITY] small schools - nextgen firewalls

Are there any small schools using SonicWall (NSA 220, NSA250 or NSA 2600 models) or PaloAlto (PA-200, PA-500, PA-2020 
or PA-2050) ?

We currently have 20 MB pipe (we *are* small) but expect 1 GB within <2 years as Google Fiber is installed across 
Austin.  We have 2 discrete networks and want an appliance that works across both with unique filter sets.  I am most 
concerned with malware filtering ability, throughput and a good admin interface.

Currently on older Cymphonix (pre-Untangle), which required an appliance for each network and had a clunky UI and 
filtering did not catch ransomware.

Any suggestions or opinions?

Thanks in advance for your help!

-Julie Newton
Director of Information Technology
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