Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 19:55:06 -0600 From: Henrik Hudson <lists@rhavenn.net> To: "Julian Morgan" <jmorganmcse@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: watchguard firewalls Message-ID: <200110310150.f9V1o4l31631@ashram.rhavenn.net> In-Reply-To: <F153ra5X5fN5y92LWJU00019517@hotmail.com> References: <F153ra5X5fN5y92LWJU00019517@hotmail.com>
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We ran Watchguards where I used to work and they are pretty cool and worked well for VPN purposes. They run a Linux kernel in them and are stable if kept updated, etc....my only real nitpick with them is that they can only log to a NT machine running their logging agent which was a bit annoying..i mean your running a Linux kernel, I am sure they could figure out some sort of syslog funcitionality, but I digress. Their config is simple and their support was decent and they worked better, IMHO, then the Cisco PIX's that replaced a few of them. As for BSD being to hard to stay on top of? Hogwash! Get your butt on security-announce@freebsd and friends and there ya have it. On Monday 29 October 2001 19:21, Julian Morgan wrote: > <html><div style='background-color:'><DIV>in relation to a company quoting > that BSD is too hard to stay ontop of, regarding updating the OS with > security patches for an effective firewall, this company is instead quoting > us on watchguard 700 firebox firewalls, have any of you heard about these > thing, any bad comments....</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV>Sorry - the question is not totally related to BSD - but they are > trying to replace my 7 network BSD structure with these things - and have > given me neally no detail and I want to make sure it is a suitable product > for VPN firewall capabilities</DIV></div><br clear=all><hr>Get your FREE > download of MSN Explorer at <a > href='http://go.msn.com/bql/hmtag_itl_EN.asp'>http://explorer.msn.com</a><b >r></html> > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Henrik Hudson lists@rhavenn.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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