RE: ISA Server or Firewall Appliance?

From: Jim Harrison (ISA) (Jim.Harrison_at_microsoft.com)
Date: 11/15/05

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To: "Marcos Marrero" <mmarrero@LLOYDSTSB-USA.com>, <focus-ms@securityfocus.com>

    <ready the flame-shields! :-)>

    On a purely "what firewall" question; ISA - without a doubt, especially
    if you use ISA 2004.

    What you really want to do is examine you're traffic profile - those
    applications and protocols that need to cross the firewall - and decide
    which offering best suits your needs.

    Of the two mentioned, only CP comes near ISA's ability to inspect the
    traffic and only ISA can handle RPC traffic without having to push the
    openaport button.

    Jim Harrison
    Security Platform Group (ISA SE)
    If We Can't Fix It - It Ain't Broke!

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Marcos Marrero [mailto:mmarrero@LLOYDSTSB-USA.com]
    Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 8:58 AM
    To: focus-ms@securityfocus.com
    Subject: ISA Server or Firewall Appliance?

    Hello to all,

    I have a question to see what everyone out there thinks. Here it goes...

    Is it better to have a firewall appliance (Checkpoint, Juniper, etc) or
    is ISA server enough to use as a firewall (along with all of the other
    options it provides)?

    Of course the ISA server would sit facing the internet, like a firewall
    would and it would have to sit on a hardened machine.

    Just want to know what everyone out there thinks about this
    configuration or idea?

    Regards
    Marcos Marrero * Banking Officer * Data Security
    Lloyds TSB Bank * US Information Technology
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