I think the most important difference here maybe performance. Checkpoint can not faster than its server, although, I am not sure how fast a NT or Unix server with 100M card can acutally be ( any input will be helpful), I will assuem, it should be slower than PIX in terms of throughput, but I really like to see some real numbers of both of them, as I was trying to find some info about the throughput comparision of the two firewalls, but did not find anything. Does anybody know where I can find this infor? Thanks Kent --- Russell Lusignan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I evaluated both and I chose the PIX. I have about > 1000 users going through > it.. but here is what I compared: > > - Price (PIX is WAY cheaper) > - PIX is dedicated Hardware, Checkpoint you must > dedicate a server to, so > you now have to worry about service pack updates and > compatability with > other applications, as well as providing the horse > power to run Checkpoint. > - PIX has faster througput > - Checkpoint has a much nicer GUI, but if your very > comfortable with the > PIX CLI then you should be fine. > - Only thing to worry about upgrading on a PIX is > the IOS > - If your main purpose is VPN, the PIX VPN is very > young still.. pretty > tricky to setup. Site to Site VPN isn't bad.. but > it's not worth it for > remote users (yet). That's a general overview of > them.. Cisco actually let > me borrow a PIX to use for a while and play around > with.. Checkpoint also > has their own eval version.. best thing is to try > them out. > > Hope that helps. > Russ.. > > "Achal Kataria" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in > message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > Hey People, > > > > Just wanted to know one thing , which one is > better PIX or > > Checkpoint Firewall 1 and why?? > > > > Thanx in adv > > Achal > > > > ___________________________________ > > UPDATED Posting Guidelines: > http://www.groupstudy.com/list/guide.html > > FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: > http://www.groupstudy.com > > Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- > > > ___________________________________ > UPDATED Posting Guidelines: > http://www.groupstudy.com/list/guide.html > FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: > http://www.groupstudy.com > Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/ ___________________________________ UPDATED Posting Guidelines: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/guide.html FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
