RE: [FW1] Re: Nokia vs NT (and solaris, just for kicks)

[Dennis Donohue <DDonohue@FW1-NOSPAMaquion.com>]

Sorry, 

I meant, in using the second device at a remote office (across the world
actually), would there be a problem in setting up the device (as I'm sure
I'll have to walk someone through it), and will it have a hard time
"finding" the original device to encrypt to?  


Dennis

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul DeHerrera [mailto:paul.deherrera@lsbc.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 10:56 AM
> To: Dennis Donohue; 'Ian Campbell'; 'Firewall-1 Mailinglist Digest'
> Subject: RE: [FW1] Re: Nokia vs NT (and solaris, just for kicks)
> 
> 
> It's good to hear that you have accepted the fact that there 
> are better
> solutions than NT available.
> I believe you will be happy with your choice.
> 
> Do you mean to set-up the second box as redundant or in a 
> different remote
> location?
> Can you be more clear about "locating" the original?
> 
> Paul DeHerrera
> Large Scale Biology Corporation
> http://www.lsbc.com
>> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-fw-1-mailinglist@lists.us.checkpoint.com
> > [mailto:owner-fw-1-mailinglist@lists.us.checkpoint.com]On Behalf Of
> > Dennis Donohue
> > Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 5:54 AM
> > To: 'Ian Campbell'; 'Firewall-1 Mailinglist Digest'
> > Subject: RE: [FW1] Re: Nokia vs NT (and solaris, just for kicks)
> >
> >
> >
> > I recently took over a position, where I inherited a FW-1 
> on NT solution.
> > About every three days or so, I have to re-boot the 
> machine, because there
> > is some process that runs in the background and ties up all of my
> > VM as well
> > as system mem.
> >
> > I'm looking towards purchasing a Nokia box.
> >
> > I do, however, have a question -
> > If I use that Nokia box as my firewall, and would like to set up
> > the smaller
> > version of that box at a remote site (for an encrypted tunnel),
> > how intense
> > is the set-up of the second appliance, and how difficult 
> will it be to
> > locate the original?
> >
> > Dennis
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Ian Campbell [mailto:ianc@buzzsaw.com]
> > > Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 11:18 AM
> > > To: 'Firewall-1 Mailinglist Digest'
> > > Subject: RE: [FW1] Re: Nokia vs NT (and solaris, just for kicks)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > People love to diss NT, but I'll second the reliability
> > > business. I've been
> > > running from 2 to 4 FW modules and a managment console on NT
> > > for a year and
> > > a half; both 4 and 4.1. I have NEVER had to reboot a FW because of
> > > instability at any time.
> > >
> > > Ian
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Dean Cunningham [mailto:Dean.Cunningham@ew.govt.nz]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 7:40 PM
> > > To: 'Firewall-1 Mailinglist Digest'
> > > Subject: RE: [FW1] Re: Nokia vs NT (and solaris, just for kicks)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I do not remember the last time I had to reboot the NT
> > > firewall to fix a
> > > problem. I think it was back in 1999 with V3.x
> > > Performance has always been a known issue , but if you do 
> *not* have
> > > performance needs the arguement is irrelevant. Who needs a V*
> > > when 4cyl does
> > > you just fine.
> > > It has some known OS security issues but most OSs do.
> > >
> > > It all depends on the business needs and the overall cost to
> > > purchase and
> > > maintain.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Paul DeHerrera [mailto:paul.deherrera@lsbc.com]
> > > Sent: Thursday, 22 February 2001 10:03 AM
> > > To: Ralph Forsythe; Firewall-1 Mailinglist Digest
> > > Subject: RE: [FW1] Re: Nokia vs NT (and solaris, just for kicks)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > I really cannot agree that NT is the way to go for a firewall.
> > > > Having used
> > > > 3 platforms (NT, IPSO, and Solaris) my experience is that NT
> > > > lacks in many
> > > > areas, most notably reliability, OS security, and 
> performance.  Our
> > > > firewalls on NT required constant maintenence, and frequently
> > > > would restart
> > > > fwd on their own.  (This did not disrupt service at the
> > > time, but left
> > > > zombie processes running that would eventually eat up 
> memory -- this
> > > > required a reboot.)  We also saw major performance gains moving
> > > > to Solaris,
> > > > just by putting in paltry Ultra5's (that's about as low as
> > > Sun will go...)
> > > >
> > > <SNIP>
> > >
> > > I agree with these sentiments exactly.  I have used 
> Checkpoint VPN1 on
> > > IPSO, NT, Solaris and Linux.  Linux is my preference and 
> out performs
> > > Solaris.
> > > NT isn't even close.
> > >
> > > Paul DeHerrera
> > > Large Scale Biology Corporation
> > > http://www.lsbc.com
> > >> > >
> > >
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