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Re: Palo Alto Networks
From: Paul Hutchings <paul () spamcop net>
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 20:48:44 +0100
Fair question. At present we have an application aware firewall, technically it is a proxy but it doesn't cache/we have no need to cache. Of course whilst it's smart enough to know whether what's passing through it is valid/rfc compliant http/ftp/https and so on, it has no idea if it's Skype, MSN Messenger, Webex and so on. That's the key area that I'm interested in, combined with the integrated spyware/malware/virus filtering.
As for other vendors, in a nutshell no, as from what I can the PA kit seems kind of unique once you go above where we are now i.e. protocol aware proxy.
My plan is to configure the loan unit with the rules we need and put it in and see how it goes, but of course feedback from those more familar with the product is always a bonus.
Paul On 8 Oct 2009, at 20:19, Cassell, Damon Z. wrote:
What you are trying to accomplish? Firewall replacement? Proxy replacement? DLP? The Palo Alto tries to hit a lot of areas. What features are most important to you? Are you looking at other vendors?Test carefully (with real world traffic if you can) before you buy, and it would help to benchmark against another product in your testing.My experience with the product was prior to the release of PanOS 3 so I am not sure my observations would apply now.Damon -----Original Message-----From: firewall-wizards-bounces () listserv cybertrust com [mailto:firewall-wizards-bounces () listserv cybertrust com] On Behalf Of Paul HutchingsSent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 1:01 PM To: Firewall Wizards Security Mailing List Subject: [fw-wiz] Palo Alto Networks Getting one of their boxes on eval for a couple of weeks. Quite a broad and generic question I know, but does anyone have any experience (s) they wish to share? Cheers, Paul
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