Fortinet for under $700 is an excellent ASIC based firewall with (modest) IPS
features in this range. Netscreen is another excellent ASIC based firewall,
almost identical to the Fortinet, but more expensive.
I'd suggest investigating, especially since security was one of your stated
priorities, the advantages of ASIC based security appliances over OS based
security systems. One place to start researching this is Mitre. Search for
root level vulnerabilities against OS based security systems and then search
for vulnerabilities against ASIC based systems.
Know that as I make this recomendation it is not entirely without bias: I am a
security engineer with a US security firm and firewall vendor. Netscreen and
Fortinet are two of the ( 8 or so ) brands we vend; however, being ASIC based
and flexible, they are two of our favorites in many applications.
Good luck.
Sincerely,
Robert Synak
CISSP, MCSE, CCNA, SCSA
Anitian Enterprise Security
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From: sergb@tpg.com.au [mailto:sergb@tpg.com.au]
Sent: Mon 3/14/2005 3:03 PM
To: Alex Schoof
Cc: firewalls@securityfocus.com
Subject: Re: SmoothWall firewall
I use IPCop (not Smoothwall, but close enough) and I love it to tell you the
truth. Functionality, support, etc. Its great.
Serg
Quoting Alex Schoof <madman6880@gmail.com>:
Has anyone used Smoothwall? I'm building a new firewall, and I was
considering using Smoothwall versus IPCop. I was hoping that someone had
used it and could give me an opinion.
TIA
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