Firewall Appliances

[Buffalo]

Hey guys

I'm shopping for a good firewall appliance. I have tested the Symantec gear and its ok but not great.

What experiences has everyone had with firewall appliaces - any recomendations or gotcha I should know about? (The first person who says to install a linux distro will have his email addy sent to sun0l... :p )

[Colonel Kurtz]

Do you get the distinct feeling by the lack of responses that the Linux is the way to go? Works a treat at my office.

Send this to Sunol

masturb@e.com :D

[Peach]

We use Nokia IP 530s - http://www.whitehatinc.com/nokia/530.html

[Buffalo]

Thanks for the help guys - I'm running a debian system until I complete a bit more research...

In other words I've decided on a S/W Linux Firewall.. .:)

[Spingo]

To be honest, almost all of the dedicated firewall boxes are running a cut-down verison of Linux anyway..

But in particular, the WatchGuard Soho boxes are brilliant for the enterprise, and have just about everything that one could want.

[plext]

If for your own use, I would use The Pix 501 (http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/cc/pd/fw/sqfw500/prodlit/px501_ds.htm)

If for work, then prolly this one would be the right size (http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/cc/pd/fw/sqfw500/prodlit/p506e_ds.htm)

[Lurgen]

Generally speaking, Watchguard make some excellent firewalls that are (with a little training and reading) easily managed by a single person. I've had experience with a number of their products, and have been pretty happy with 'em.

On the other hand, I avoid SonicWall products like the plague. Sure, I know that the integrity of a firewall is mostly up to the guy who sets it up but I had an awful experience with one of these that left me wondering what on earth they could have been thinking...