[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [FW1] RE: [rapt] Checkpoint vs. Raptor
Can I ask what people think of Netscreen >From what I can see, it is very secure, fairly easy to set-up a VPN (at least in a lab environment) and is very fast, with various models producing speeds of 10 MB/s / 100MB/s 80 something with 3des and the high end model 1Gigabyte And it is all proprietary, as opposed to based on another OS like IPSO or BSD Makes a very easy and efficient firewall IMHO Ray -----Original Message----- From: Gutkowski, Martin [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, 29 September 2000 21:52 To: [email protected] Cc: Colin Weiner; 'Chris Poulin' Subject: RE: [rapt] CheckPoint vs. Raptor We supply and support both platforms, including Nokia FW-1, It basically comes down to speed, security and crucially the number of interfaces you need. The Nokia's shine when you want a 12-port firewall. However the Raptor's are more configurable, although not as good looking as the FW-1 console. If you have a complicated rulebase, Raptor is much nicer to troubleshoot because of its prioritising the "most specific" rule. You can get into horrible circular arguments in the FW-1 rulebase which are simply not an issue in Raptor. Again though, it comes down to the complexity of the rulebase and the number of interfaces. As a rule, we like to push Raptor more than FW-1, but it has to be said that most of our customers using VPNs go the FW-1 route. As a support engineer for both platforms, I much prefer Raptor. Martin * - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - * This list is sponsored by FireTower, Inc. -- Security Consulting * * Before posting, please check the following resources: * Patches/Hotfixes... http://www.raptor.com/cs/patches/ * Raptor FAQs........ http://www.raptor.com/cs/FAQ/ * FireTower FAQs..... http://www.firetower.com/faqs/ * List Archives...... http://firetower.com/archives.html * - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ************************************************************************************* This email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com ************************************************************************************* ================================================================================ To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html ================================================================================
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