Re: Watchguard & Netscreen

From: x y (jamescagney90210@excite.com)
Date: 04/29/02 

From: "x y" <jamescagney90210@excite.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 15:11:27 GMT

We discarded the Watchguard from our list of candidates for firewalls,
though I can't remember exactly why. The things I like about the Netscreen
are that they seem to have affordable low-end firewalls like the 5XP that
have the same Gui, features, traffic shaping, etc as their expensive models,
and I think you don't pay per user/IP address. If you plan to buy
additional low-end firewalls for SOHO or home users, this might be a good
thing. Also you can try out their GUI on their web site to see the
available filtering rules, reporting, etc. It seemed to me that there were
some recurring subscription costs with the Watchguard.

"Patrick" <neux@pd.jaring.my> wrote in message
news:aai6rh$2p6$1@news4.jaring.my...
> Hi All,
>
> This is my first post to this group after lurking for some time.
Anyway,
> my company is looking for a firewall, with minimal budget (don't
> everyone?) - less than $5k. So, I came down to either Netscreen and
> Watchguard. Here are few things to consider -
>
> 1) Technology - both are hardware based, with Netscreen using the ASIC
> technology. How good is that?
>
> 2) Usability & Functionality - Which one is better? WG certainly is in the
> business longer than NS, I assume WG has better GUI and functions
>
> 3) Service - More on the frequency of patches and updates... I have no
idea
> on their history of vulnerabilities. Any pointers or websites for
reference
> will be good.
>
> 4) Company Profile - Watchguard seemed to slowed down a bit (no more posts
> about WG in the group - is it that good, or nobody is using it?) Is it
taken
> over by someone?
>
> Thanks for your time.
>
> Patrick
>
>

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