Re: Evaluating Firewall

[Ravi <ravivsn () roc co in>]

Hi vineet,
As RKP rightly suggested you test for common ALG 
support like MSN gaming ZOne,HTTPS etc.,

Do vulnerability scanning for the firewall.Search 
in the internet for utilities like nessus etc.,

Regards,
Ravi

Rama krishna prasad wrote:
> Hi Vineet,
>
> Other things which you may would like to consider are:
>    1. Common attack detection and prevention.
>    2. ALG Support (There are some applications that don't work
>            without ALG support such as H.323, FTP, RTSP, SQL*NET,
>                based on your requirement DNS for twice NAT)
>    3. Performance.
>    4. Flexible user interface.    5. Type of NAT support.
>      Analyze your security requirements and make sure that    firewall 
> satisfies your needs. "
>
> From
> RKP
>
> Vineet Mehta wrote:
>
> > Recently I was asked to evaluate Securepoint 3.0 firewall. On what basis
> > one should evaluate this firewall? Some of the points i can think of
> > are:
> >
> > 1) Reports details/format
> > 2) Managebility
> > 3) Stability
> > 4) Modules/Features
> >
> > Any more points or detailed things I should consider in evaluating this
> > firewall? Any suggestion is welcome.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Regards,
> >  
>
>
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