Hell I'd vouche for the PA's for ya, because I have been working with them directly for about a year and done alot of lockdown based on the functionality that isn't in ASA's or other FW's I have worked with.
Z Edward E. Ziots, CISSP, Security +, Network + Security Engineer Lifespan Organization [email protected] This electronic message and any attachments may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If you are reading this message, but are not the intended recipient, nor an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you are strictly prohibited from copying, printing, forwarding or otherwise disseminating this communication. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender by replying to the message. Then, delete the message from your computer. Thank you. -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 4:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Guest network security We have 15 Cisco 1240AGs, which were apparently announced of End of Sale, though EOL is apparently 2018.. No controller, but I just talked with our supplier, who is recommending the 2504. There's a unit that comes with a 15-WAP license, for not too expensive. *Very* good to know about the captive portal capability. The recommendation of CCIEs for the PA over the ASA is, well, interesting. I wonder if I can find someone he will believe on that... Kurt On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 12:48 PM, Kevin Lundy <[email protected]> wrote: > I have two CCIE's that work for me. Both also used to work for a > Cisco VAR > - so obviously Cisco bigots. They both recommended PA to me over the ASA. > From a security perspective, the PA do so much more than ASAs. We > still use ASAs for some intranet firewalls. > > Are you using the Cisco controllers with your WAPs? If so, they have > captive portal capability. They call it Lobby Ambassador. > > On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Our Sidewinders are EOL at the end of April, and my manager doesn't >> like them. >> >> He's a Cisco bigot, and wants ASAs in here. >> >> I'm fighting him to at least take a look at the Palo Alto platform, >> or perhaps the newest iteration of the Sidewinders (which are now >> called McAfee Enteprise Firewalls). >> >> That's an interesting tip on the Sophos solution. What did you use >> for the hardware? >> >> Kurt >> >> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 11:59 AM, Richard Stovall <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > I was going to suggest using the SonicPoint solution from >> > SonicWall, but you've got Sidewinders, don't you? >> > >> > Does McAfee have anything like SonicWall's wireless solution where >> > it's all managed from the firewall? >> > >> > PS Sophos has this too, and they give their UTM firewall away free >> > for home use. Just bring your own hardware. I just switched to >> > this the other day and love it so far. I should write a blog post >> > about it. (But then I'd have to create a blog...) >> > >> > >> > On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> All, >> >> >> >> Quite some time ago, I set up an unsecured guest VLAN in our >> >> network, providing wireless access to all of the sundry devices >> >> that staff and visitors carry. I set up a small FreeBSD machine to >> >> serve IP addresses via DHCP, and that was dead simple. >> >> >> >> It is a layer2 VLAN, traversing our backbone, and terminating on >> >> our corporate firewall. >> >> >> >> However, there are now other tenants in our building, and the >> >> subnet is getting too much bandwidth and address consumption - the >> >> range I set up is completely filled, and the VLAN is consuming >> >> about half of our Internet pipe, which is far too much for my comfort. >> >> >> >> I suspect the other tenants are leeching. >> >> >> >> What I've read of captive portals seems to indicate that the >> >> portal is part of the firewall. I could be wrong about that, >> >> though. Regardless, the corporate firewall will not be allowed to >> >> be part of this solution. >> >> >> >> The only other alternative I see right now is to set up a password >> >> on the SSID, and have the front desk hand it out to guests, after >> >> mailing it to staff, and I'm getting pushback on that from my manager. >> >> >> >> Does anyone have some ideas I could pursue on this? >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> Kurt >> >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> >> >> --- >> >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> >> or send an email to [email protected] >> >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > >> > >> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> > >> > --- >> > To manage subscriptions click here: >> > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> > or send an email to [email protected] >> > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ >> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
