Re: SonicWall firewall question
From: Derek Nash (dnash@tiny.net)Date: 03/27/02
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From: "Derek Nash" <dnash@tiny.net> Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 09:16:12 -0600
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> Derek Nash wrote:
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> > "Someone" <please@nospam.net> wrote in message
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> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>I am interested in those SonicWall firewalls, but I am asking myself
> >>some questions. I will be hosting a few internet servers and would like
> >>to protect them using a SonicWall product. But I have no clue how to do
> >>that in practice, I mean, do I need to segment my public network space
> >>(which is already small 8 ip addresses) ??
> >>
> >
> > No, you can run the firewall in a transparent mode (bridging mode), but
you
> > do need to have one IP to actually assign to the SonicWall so you can
manage
> > it.
> >
> >
> >>Or does it do some sort of
> >>bridging, which will not use any IP addresses ?
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Yes, see above.
> >
> >
> >>Thanks for answering
> >>Regards
> >>
> >>
> >
> > With all that being said you want to make sure you know your
requirements.
> > The SonicWall devices are not the most high performance on the market
and I
> > know from real world experience that a SonicWall Pro with a fairly
complex
> > rule set won't handle any more then about 6300 concurrent connections,
so
> > just be aware and do your research. For Webserver infrastructure I like
> > Cisco's Products on the low end and NetScreen on the high end.
> >
> >
> >
>
> So which Cisco would you suggest ?
>
Depends on your specific requirements, but probably a PIX 515R
>
>Btw: do they also do transparent bridging ?
>
No not really although you can affectively simulate it with the NAT command
on a PIX.
>
> Regards
>
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