That would depend on your customers and their size/budget. Definitely there is quite a cost to UTM but with it comes added layers of protection …
From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ken Hohhof Sent: Thursday, February 4, 2016 11:39 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] SonicWall or Fortinet for Business Firewall I think very few customers actually use any of the features that distinguish a firewall from a router. Usually “firewall” means site-to-site VPN for a branch office. Also, didn’t Fortinet get some bad press recently for a hard coded SSH password aka backdoor? From: Justin Wilson <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2016 9:57 AM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] SonicWall or Fortinet for Business Firewall Any type of firewall like this you need to be very mindful of the product lifecycle. Most issues arise when folks don’t keep up on service contracts or are using EOL hardware. Justin Wilson [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> --- http://www.mtin.net Owner/CEO xISP Solutions- Consulting – Data Centers - Bandwidth http://www.midwest-ix.com COO/Chairman On Feb 4, 2016, at 9:15 AM, Josh Reynolds <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Fortinet. Sonicwall is quite a "joke" and has been that way for many moons. On Feb 4, 2016 8:08 AM, "Wireless Administrator" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: I have a business customer that will be replacing their existing Firewall and is considering Fortinet rather than SonicWall. Seems like UTM (Unified Threat Management) is the buzz word that replaced Deep Packet Inspection from days gone by. Does anyone have an opinion on which company has the better product. A web search on this subject produces many links to pages that share similar language, almost like one person did a review and others are just repeating the original results. Your thoughts? Steve B.
