RE: [FW1] rainwall and stonebeat

[Amin Tora <Amin@FW1-NOSPAMEPLUS.com>]

Considering the StoneBeat bashing so far... 

As far as the Software HA solutions:

Our company provides both solutions (Rainfinity and StoneBeat) and we have
certainly not "thrown" ourselves at Rainfinity.

Rainfinity is very easy to install/configure.  While StoneBeat does take
some brain cells, I have seen it perform very well over the past 4 years.
StoneBeat does provide the advantage of having multiples nodes in the
cluster and using multicast.

Overall, both products offer a good solution. Each has its advantages and
disadvantages.

Download both products, and see which one is more appealing to you in terms:

-security
-ease of installation
-ease of management
-solving your HA needs
-solving your traffic load requirements
-fitting into your budget

As far as the relationship, I think Check Point is fair minded in terms of
the OPSEC certification.  Personally, any sudden ideas of de-certification
as an OPSEC solution rather quickly would seem drastic just because they
announced a new firewall. Any vendor with a better firewall solution and the
right marketing should lead the market anyways!  ;)


Amin Tora, CISSP
ePlus Technology
http://www.eplus.com
NASDAQ: PLUS



-----Original Message-----
From: Ivan Fox [mailto:ifox100@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 9:28 PM
To: Fw1-Wizards (E-mail); fw-1-mailinglist
Subject: [FW1] rainwall and stonebeat



I am looking for an HA product for FW-1/VPN-1.   I did a search on RAINWALL
and STONEBEAT.  I find more hits on STONEBEAT than RAINWALL.

Is it a reliable indication of the deployment of HA for FW-1/VPN-1?  (I
realize that it is not a scientific method of "evaluation".)

Any comments on these two products are appreciated.


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