Re: Netscreen 50

[Barney Wolff <barney () databus com>]

What security policy are you trying to enforce?  I may be ignorant,
but this is the first I've heard of an ISP trying to firewall its
total user population.  Would a simple router ACL do what you want?

Are DS3's so cheap that a one-time $10k is even noticeable compared
to the monthly bill for bandwidth?

On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 12:51:09PM +1100, Malcolm Joosse wrote:
> Hello All,
> I am new to this list, I tried searching the archives to find this info.
> We are a medium sized ISP in Australia.  We run a Full 45Mb DS3 link.
> We are/were running Watchguard Firebox 2 and have found that since we
> upgraded the DS3 link to the full 45Mb our Firebox is having a hard time
> with all the traffic.  While I cannot complain about the Watchguard
> products, we thought we would ask around about different firewall
> options.  I have received many suggestions from my peers about different
> solutions.  We were looking at:
> Watchguard Firebox 2500 - Seems like a office firewall and not a ISP
> firewall - Good pricing
> Cisco PIX  - good product, VERY $$$$$ - out of our budget
> Netscreen 50 - Good features and good pricing - Top of the list
> *NIX/IPtables - To fiddley and hard to find admins
> GNAT - More suitable for a office enviroment
> ?????  any other suggestions ?
>
> The Cost is a major part of this new purchase.  I do not want to spend
> more than USD$10,000.00 as I have seen many products in this price
> range.  We have been offered a netscreen 50 for evaluation, but as time
> is critical, I thought I would ask about the Netscreen to get a insight
> and avoid wasting time on testing something that is not suitable.

-- 
Barney Wolff
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