I currently have a firebox X in service. The system did hang a few
times last year and it was not due to DOS or any specific attacks. It
was indeed the firmware which would lock up at weird times. Anyway,
with the latest firmware it is rock solid (at least from a downtime
perspective). The system is great for novice or intermediate sys-admins
who are not familiar with the intricacies of firewall management.
Creating rules is a breeze as well as creating reports. For small to
medium businesses it does the trick. The system runs off of linux if
there are any linux gurus out there...
-----Original Message-----
From: Leandro Reox [mailto:lmet5on@fibertel.com.ar]
Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 2:59 AM
To: aolverar@bancoazteca.com.mx; firewalls@securityfocus.com
Subject: RE: Watchguard!
Andres,
I administer WG since FIREBOX II (Yeah, very log time ago) ) , I think
this appliances are great for little-mid networks, but, I have a lot of
problem with traffic management, the firewall freak out at certain
percent of traffic, whatever I recommend it, if you don't have budget to
buy a Juniper-Netscreen, Cisco PIX or a great Checkpoint sure :-).
For other little-mid network firewall look at sonicwall too.
Cheers
Leandro F. Reox
Security IT Professional
IMPSAT Fiber Networks
Argentina
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From: aolverar@bancoazteca.com.mx [mailto:aolverar@bancoazteca.com.mx]
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 4:06 PM
To: firewalls@securityfocus.com
Subject: Watchguard!
Hi everyone!
I just would like to know if anyone of you have had great experiences
with watchguard appliances, I've done some projects (VPN, Firewall
routing for instance) with them and I'm not convinced at all, opinions
about it?
Andres Olvera R. , CCNA
