RE: pix vs. ios firewall feature set

["Noonan, Wesley" <Wesley_Noonan () bmc com>]

I definitely hear that. FWIW, the 501's are pretty cheap compared to what I
was used to seeing for PIXen (seen them for as low as $400, but they tend to
be in the $450 range). Regardless, I feel your pain <g>

Wes Noonan, MCSE/CCNA/CCDA/NNCSS/Security+
Senior QA Rep.
BMC Software, Inc.
(713) 918-2412
wnoonan () bmc com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Stewart [mailto:pauls () nexicom net]
> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 15:39
> To: 'Noonan, Wesley'; avraham () jct ac il; firewall-wizards () icsalabs com
> Subject: RE: [fw-wiz] pix vs. ios firewall feature set
>
> I can't disagree with what you are saying.  It came down to the
> refurb/used
> market for this customer segment.  Getting used routers etc. we've found
> to
> be *much* easier than PIX's.  Once we get into a customer 100+ then cost
> becomes a side issue normally..:)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Noonan, Wesley [mailto:Wesley_Noonan () bmc com]
> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 2:46 PM
> To: 'Paul Stewart'; avraham () jct ac il; firewall-wizards () icsalabs com
> Subject: RE: [fw-wiz] pix vs. ios firewall feature set
>
>
> Just curious, but why not throw a PIX 501 or 506 in the small offices?
> Obviously, needing something other than an Ethernet interface requires a
> router, but in my experience a lot of small offices are hanging off of
> DSL,
> Cable Modem or Ethernet wired BANs (building area networks) so a PIX (or
> any
> of the other SOHO firewalls) works really good.
>
> Wes Noonan, MCSE/CCNA/CCDA/NNCSS/Security+
> Senior QA Rep.
> BMC Software, Inc.
> (713) 918-2412
> wnoonan () bmc com
> http://www.bmc.com
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Paul Stewart [mailto:pauls () nexicom net]
> > Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 07:21
> > To: avraham () jct ac il; firewall-wizards () icsalabs com
> > Subject: RE: [fw-wiz] pix vs. ios firewall feature set
> >
> > I posed this question previously and was told that almost all features
> > at incorporated into the IOS.  The features I use most are in both but
> > I'm sure there's features that are not in the IOS FW Feature Set..
> > Kinda wish someone
> > had a list of what's *not* in the IOS... Anyone? :)
> >
> > My adoption of using IOS for firewalling has been that of for small
> > clients (under 100 workstations).... Anything over 100 or so users I
> > use a PIX box specifically....
> >
> > Take care,
> >
> > Paul
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: firewall-wizards-admin () honor icsalabs com
> > [mailto:firewall-wizards-admin () honor icsalabs com] On Behalf Of
> > avraham shir-el (arthur sherman)
> > Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 5:33 PM
> > To: firewall-wizards () icsalabs com
> > Subject: [fw-wiz] pix vs. ios firewall feature set
> >
> >
> >
> > gentlemen:
> > a cisco engineer recently told me that the plan for the above 2
> > products is %100 feature convergence and that currently, there's about
> > %80 of the features of pix present in the ios firewall feature set.
> > any comments as to
> > the reality of the above?
> >
> > tnx
> > ams
> > avraham shir-el
> > director of computing center
> > jerusalem college of technology - machon lev
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