Re: Cisco vs Netscreen for our environment

From: Doug (dontcontactviaemail_at_not.com)
Date: 04/12/05 

Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 00:13:42 GMT

I am curious to hear about any founded concerns/complaints with the
Netscreen products... I (hesitantly and Reluctantly) bought one
about 4 years ago for my network (I was convinced a PIX was the WAY TO
GO)... but I haven't had ANY problems with the product... the 25
manages our main office very well and we have 4 or 5 permanent VPN's
using the 5xxx models.

Only had to call their tech support one time and the person I spoke w/
was very knowledgeable and helpful (at least for the specific problem
I was calling for, anyhow)....

other than a few hoops you need to jump through when using the GUI w/
policies, addresses, etc, etc. under certain circumstances (that's why
I like the command line option)... it is a pretty good product... and
in basic environments, yes, a monkey could probably set it up (unlike
the PIX)...

okay, the redneck is done ranting now...

thanks,
htredneck

On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 11:30:44 +0100, Wolfgang Kueter
<wolfgang@shconnect.de> wrote:

>Michael Pelletier wrote:
>
>> Personally, I do not care for the Netscreen much. Nice interface, great
>> throughput but, beyond that it is a joke.
>
>Why?
>
>> Great for a "mom and pop" shop,
>> but in my opion not a professional class firewall.
>
>Please give *technical* reasons for that.
>
>Wolfgang
>

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