Re: Managed Firewall Service - Opinions

[Paul Robertson <proberts () patriot net>]

On Thu, 17 Apr 2003, Fiamingo, Frank wrote:

> Does anyone have any experience with companies that do this that they would
> like to share?  

I'd prefer to keep "Foo does this" discussions off-list, please reply to 
Frank directly with proposals, gripes and praises.)  A summary at the end 
probably wouldn't be too untoward, but I'd like to try to sidestep the 
conflict-of-interest and vendor-centricities that such questions pose as 
much as possible.  

> What are a few pros and cons that come to mind versus managing the firewalls
> yourself?  

I consider this completely fair game for the list.  

> Do these companies manage the firewalls as we currently have them, or do
> they install/configure 
> their own? - currently we use Gauntlet firewalls.

Most players will do either, though their core competencies tend to be 
for a handful of products.

Paul
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