Chuck,
Absolutely, especially point number 3 - I would be very surprised if
either company said anything to the contrary!
>From time to time I play around on a Checkpoint box and although the
GUI is very easy to use, the only complaint I have heard several times
from those whose servers (e.g. collection stations) it protects is that
there are timeouts. On investigation these are hard to pin down.
Regards,
Ben
--- Chuck Larrieu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, Ben, I have
recently sat in different seminars sponsored by
> Cisco and
> Checkpoint. From statements made by the presenters, I gathered that
> both
> companies agree on the following points:
>
> 1) Cisco PIX is far superior in terms of throughput.
> 2) Checkpoint GUI / management, particularly of multiple security
> domains,
> multiple firewalls, and policy management, is far superior to
> anything Cisco
> has.
> 3) Both companies maintain that their product is superior in terms of
> general firewall features and functionality.
>
> Is this your impression as well?
>
> Chuck
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf
> Of Ben
> Lovegrove
> Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 7:48 AM
> To: Phil Barker; cisco GroupStudy
> Subject: Re: PIX versus Firewall-1 comparison
>
> Phil,
>
> I would imagine that the preference for Firewall-1 was expressed
> because the administration of it is far more user friendly that a
> PIX.
> Admin of FW-1 can be carried out using a Windows GUI with all the
> rules
> laid out in glorious technicolour, while admin of a PIX involves a
> CLI
> (command line interface).
>
> But then again if you're a die-hard Cisco engineer you might think
> that
> Windows GUIs are a bit of a soft option, and that you prefer to do
> things in raw CLI fashion.
>
> Regards,
> Ben
>
> --- Phil Barker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Gang,
> > Does anyone know where I can get a decent white
> > paper comparing these two firewall solutions from a
> > neutral standpoint ?
> >
> > I've been in a meeting recently where it has been
> > claimed that we would always prefer Firewall-1 to PIX.
> >
> > Would anyone like to comment technically why this
> > should be ?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Phil.
> >
=====
Ben Lovegrove, CCNP
Redspan Solutions Ltd
http://www.redspan.com
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