RE: [fw-wiz] PIX vs Checkpoint vs Sonicwall vs Netscreen - comme nts?

From: Gibson, Brian (bgibson@RyanBeck.com)
Date: 07/29/02 

From: "Gibson, Brian" <bgibson@RyanBeck.com>
To: 'Vladimir Parkhaev' <vladimir@arobas.net>, firewall-wizards@honor.icsalabs.com
Date: Mon Jul 29 18:17:01 2002

I don't usually get into the which is better debates because honestly I
don't know products like Netscreen.

From what I have read and heard it probably is a better product pound for
pound than FW-1 which seems to have become persona non grata of later.
However I will say this for it. For enterprise management it is extremely
simple to maintain a cohesive security policy using it. I have 30+
firewalls to manage. I have myself to do that. That would be fine except
that it's only one of several jobs I need to attend to. I need to be able
to provide an adequate level of support without needing to spend hours on
the product everyday. In my experience FW-1 really does a good job
providing this.

-----Original Message-----
From: Vladimir Parkhaev [mailto:vladimir@arobas.net]
Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 2:33 PM
To: firewall-wizards@honor.icsalabs.com
Subject: Re: [fw-wiz] PIX vs Checkpoint vs Sonicwall vs Netscreen -
comments?

Quoting Garcia, Nicholas A (Nicholas.A.Garcia@disney.com):
> I have a 5xp at home (Netscreen). I used to own a Watchguard FBII and I
> have used Raptor (Velociraptor), and Checkpoint on Nokia. I still love
> the Netscreen. The new OS coming out is a major improvement in
> usability too.
>

Can't keep my mouth shut anymore.... I managed them all - FW1, Pixes and
Netscreen and in my opinion, Netscreen is the best all around product:
1. easy to manage for CLI challanged
2. full blown CLI for UNIX dudes
3. very stable and performant
4. reasonably priced
5. no window$ invloved ( why FW1 is still around? )
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