Re: Firewall

Al,

        Jon is right Sonicwall is one of the better entry level products.
But, for your shop with the number of people , sites, connecting through it
and the number of systems behind it I think I would recommend;

        a.) A CheckPoint System, on the Nokia appliance, or an RS/600 B50.

        b.) If you already have Cisco hardware a PIX Firewall is a second
although not as well liked option.

        The CheckPoint has a lot of very nice features including it can be
installed over a number of OS's and in a number of boxes. I like the Nokia
option as it has the ability  to IPL side A or B, (Like PTF's) if you get a
broken service pakage..  Also, the SecureRemote option and SecureClient
options are very reasonable both from a price and support standpoint.

        Good Luck,
        JMS...


----- Original Message -----
From: Al Barsa, Jr. <barsa2@ibm.net>
To: <midrange-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 4:09 PM
Subject: Firewall


> Hi,
>
> Being a loyal AS/400 customer and user, I bought the crock of @#$% that
our
> AS/400 firewall was the best, and invested in it.  Shame on me.  So now I
> have to replace it.  So here's a few questions:
>
> 1) What Firewall product do you use?
> 2) How much did it cost?
> 3) How satisfied are you with it?
> 4) How difficult was it to configure?
>
>
> Al
>
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