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RE: [FW1] Linux/Checkpoint Statefull inspection comparison
On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, Palmer, Kevin wrote:
> CPVP-VIG-100-3DES-V41 List $8,495 vs. Linux Solution $0.00
>
> How many IT managers might decide that the additional security is not worth
> the price?
watch out.... the linux solution costs time to implement and a linux-smart
person on staff. if you lose that person how can you evaluate prospective
candidates? and how much per year is your firewall support contract?
the ease of management where you can hire a CCSE or CCSA for a figure you
can compare for your metro region will keep a lot of thinking managers in
the fold. the fact that an enterprise is saving less than the annual
tax deduction to have a less than fully audited network security solution
probably won't matter much when the shareholders want to know about due
diligence.
not that i am not a fan of the linux solution, I am. I beleive that
knowing what you're doing you can build a secure solution out of most
anything ... but someone who really *really* knows how to make the linux
solution as flexible and secure as the CP solution isn't going to be
cheap, and it is going to be difficult to tell in an interview if that
person is all they pretend to be.
personally, i would hand-roll all my firewalls out of OpenBSD but if I
quit who would run them? sure, they would be faster and cheaper than your
CheckPoint but who could you trust?
then again, there is no certification for CheckPoint licensing ... which
is more convoluted than ....
--gill
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