[68789] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Firewall opinions wanted please - clarification
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nicole)
Tue Mar 16 18:08:01 2004
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.040316142716.nmh@daemontech.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 15:07:26 -0800 (PST)
From: Nicole <nmh@daemontech.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
As much as I hate to follow up my own post, I suppose I was a bit too vauge
for my own good =]
We do not run any cisco gear and we are in a Class A data facility.
By proxy I did not mean to imply NAT. I cannot remember the proper term but
what I mean is full packet handeling as opposed to packet inspection.
Security is important but the budget limit is only up to about 3K. I have been
trying to get the client a firewall for some time and am just now getting the
go ahead.
Sorry for any vaugeness but I usually like to not say to much as to sway
opinions one way or another and to learn more as any knowlege I have may be
wrong or out of date.
Nicole
On 16-Mar-04 Unnamed Administration sources reported Nicole said :
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> Hi
> I am looking for a good but reasonably priced firewall for a 40 or so server
> site. Some people swear by Pix, others swear at it a lot. Also I have heard
> good things about Netscreen. Or any others you would recommend for protecting
> servers on a busy network. Don't really need anything with VPN just the
> standard http, ftp, ssh, https, type traffic up to 100mb throughput.
> From what I have heard a proxy firewall would be best?
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> Thanks in advance!!
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> Nicole
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