Re: end user to enterprise vpn appliances

["Notaria Systems" <johnblack () canada com>]

    I am just about to begin an evaluation of a vpn/firewall appliance from
eSoft known as Instagate-EX.  I would be interested to hear if anyone else
has experience with this product.  I have searched as many firewall sites
and
discussion groups as I could find and turned up no content or comments about
this company or product.

    I am just about to test it and should be able to report back in a few
weeks.  I was quite impressed with their literature/demo.  It is not a
high-end
solution, but then, that's not what it is supposed to be.  It has just the
basics, which is usually what I need when I have 10 to 50 people in an
office.  They (eSoft) have kept the cost low, although some features like
virus scanning are sold as a subscription (read - ongoing cost)

    From my understanding, it is an Intel box running Linux and their
firewall/vpn/virus/filter product.  The box is "sealed" and is configured
and monitored with a browser interface.  Any hardware feature changes
require a return of the box.  Features such as virus scanning are purchased
via subscription and updated via the internet, which is good or bad
depending on your operating point of view.

    For the same space I am looking into Perle IOLink Pro100 or the PureData
RTX4000.  I would certainly appreciate any/all comments on these products as
well.   These are slightly higher price.

    In the final analysis, I think the chosen box will have to prove to be
reasonably secure, regardless of the price.  I can give up bells, whistles,
capacity, future expansion, and open source, but the appliance still needs
to be secure.

Thanks,
John Black.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Molaver" <adam () molaver org>
To: <firewall-wizards () nfr com>
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 5:34 PM
Subject: [fw-wiz] end user to enterprise vpn appliances


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> I am in the formative stages of identifying options for a customer in the
> way of VPN appliance devices for their staff to connect into their office.

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> What are the other options for VPN appliance in a small environment (less
> than 30 concurrent users).  I'm not sure the 515 is really up to the task
> for this many, but not having used one for client-to-site VPN's before,
> I'm unsure..
>
> ahm


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