Re: [FW1] Nokia vs. NT

[Peter Goodridge <petegdr@FW1-NOSPAMyahoo.com>]

Hi Larry,

I'm more than willing to let others "test" the service
packs for me, as I do not like to rush in either. 
However;  I'm unaware of bugs in the service packs
that Nokia fixed before releasing thiers.  I've also
spent too many months waiting for functionality for
Nokia, that's out on Sun, Linux, etc.  I'd rather have
the service packs available and make my own decision
on when to upgrade.

Still, all in all I really do like the remote
management capes of the product.

My $0.02,
Pete Goodridge


--- Larry Pingree <larry@siegeworks.com> wrote:
> Hi peter,
>     One thing to consider about Firewall-1 on the
> Nokia platform is that
> sometimes due to this delay,  bug fixes are added to
> the service packs that
> some other operating systems will not have, these
> bugs are usually
> discovered in the porting process etc. I do agree
> with you that it would be
> nice to be faster, but essentially, most people
> should not be in a rush to
> attach the latest upgrade to a system, unless of
> course it fixes an
> essential useability problem for you. As with all
> software, its best to wait
> and watch the risk takers find the bugs, then apply
> it at you're site when
> its safe :)
> 
> 
> 
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Peter Goodridge <petegdr@yahoo.com>
> To: Tim Anderson <TAnderson@spectrumhealth.com>;
> <fw-1-mailinglist@lists.us.checkpoint.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 10:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [FW1] Nokia vs. NT
> 
> 
> >
> > Tim,
> >
> > I have five Nokia's and I'm very happy with them. 
> The
> > web interface is great.  They are also easy to
> manage
> > remotely with FW1 and OS upgrades being done
> though
> > the web interface.  They been running for close to
> 2
> > years with minimal problems.
> >
> > What I don't like is the fact the FW1 service
> packs
> > are always a couple of months behind all the other
> > versions of FW1.
> >
> > HTH,
> > Pete Goodridge
> >
> >
> > --- Tim Anderson <TAnderson@spectrumhealth.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > We are looking into switching our existing
> Firewall
> > > platform from NT/Win2K
> > > to Nokia.  I am curious to see how those of you
> > > using Checkpoint on Nokia
> > > like it.
> > > We are hoping that this switch will lower down
> time
> > > and decrease
> > > administrative overhead.  The specific model we
> are
> > > planning to purchase is
> > > the Nokia 440.  We plan to purchase two to
> provide
> > > load balancing and
> > > redundancy.
> > > Of course our vendor likes our plan but I want
> to
> > > hear from some admins that
> > > are actually supporting this platform.  Thanks
> in
> > > advance!
> > >
> > > Tim Anderson
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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