Firewall recommendations

[Richard]

I have delt with sonicwalls and a few others. if the security on the inside of your network is not in question then the sonicwall firewalls are really great. there issues for me are the interface for configuring I don't like it. However you can use it its just different. Its Internet explorer based (booo M$ sucks)

the only security concern is that someone from the inside can in a few hours circumvent the entire security of the firewall by getting the administration password. outside login is configurable from blocking to certain times of the day all. great for web servers.  so you have that to weigh against the costs of sonicwall also if you want email me outside the list and ill provide you with most of the manual as its electronic 

richard


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On 01-17-2000 at 11:23 AM Scott McClelland wrote:

>Check out the WatchGuard Firebox II
>http://www.watchguard.com/
>It's relatively easy to configure, and retails for less than $5,000.  You
>will need a separate console machine for it (Linux, Win9x, or WinNT).
>
>Here's the product page
>http://www.watchguard.com/products/wgls.html
>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Andy D [mailto:andyd333 at pacbell.net]
>> Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2000 8:44 PM
>> To: kplug-list
>> Subject: Firewall recommendations
>> 
>> 
>> Anybody have any recommendations of a good but fairly 
>> inexpensive firewall for a 100 node NT / Unix network? I was 
>> looking at Checkpoint but it is fairly expensive. Someone 
>> recommended SonicWall, but that is so inexpensive it makes me 
>> wonder if it is any good....
>>  
>> Thanks, 
>>  
>>      AD 
>> 
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