Zahid, Netscreen FWs are great compared to the pix/asa lines. Don't know if this is an issue but the SSG140 only support 2048 BGP routes. If you need more then you should definantly take a look at using a front end router. Else, this is a great device.
Good luck, Jeremy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Maimon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Zahid Hassan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Cisco NSP" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 11:07 PM Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Juniper Netscreen SSG 140 versus Cisco ASA 5510 series > > > Zahid Hassan wrote: > >> Dear All, >> >> >> >> Can anyone please comment or give any insight about the >> Juniper Netscreen SSG 140 versus the Cisco ASA 5510 series. >> >> I am looking for BGP support on my perimeter firewalls and as the Cisco >> ASA >> 5500 >> series still doesn't support BGP, I am thinking of going for the SSG 140 >> series. >> >> Any comment on the feature and reliability differences, will be greatly >> appreciated. > > netscreen as a firewall is a whole lot more straightforward then > anything the pix/asa has to offer, plus its a whole lot more closer to a > full featured router than the pix/asa. > > The webui and the cli are actually nearly equivalent AND compatible, > meaning you can use one or the other or both at the same time, safely. > > I have found the netscreens and ssg's to be very reliable, very full > featured, go read the screenos documentation (~40mb pdf) for a better > idea. > > However, you should check with the SE before planning on taking full > tables. > > Good stuff. > >> >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> >> >> >> Zahid >> >> _______________________________________________ >> cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] >> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp >> archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ >> >> > _______________________________________________ > cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
