There is a very good Firewall-1 FAQ at the URL below. Somewhat worryingly the bloke calles himself Obewankenobi, but he is bloody good and amazingly helpful.
http://www.deathstar.ch/security/fw1/ Yep even his URL's a bit sad but you don't have to take him home to meet your parents :-) (Here's hoping it's not an alias for someone on this group) Gaz ""root"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Marshal Schoener wrote: > > > Agreed, however there is great 3rd party support available for Checkpoint > > from many vendors. > > UUNet has a very good support program for Checkpoint. > > > > No matter who is supporting it though, Checkpoint's license procedure is > > horrible! > > I once went 6 months from eval license to eval license because we couldn't > > get a permanent license to work properly. > > > > That being said, in my opinion, there is no better firewall. > > Regards, > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jim Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 9:56 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: worst company [7:25033] > > > > CheckPoint = (great product) - (any support infrastructure). > > > > It is without a doubt the least supported product by a manufacturer I have > > ever seen. I have outstanding TAC cases over a year old! They charge a > > fortune for support and maintenance, which you must have, and you get > > nothing for it. > > > > The only thing that actually keeps it running are the private boards and > > mailing lists. > > > > It is extremely easy to use though and they own 60% of the market? > > > > There are things you can do with CheckPoint that Cisco cannot even begin to > > emulate. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jim Bond [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 11:23 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: OT: worst company [7:25033] > > > > Hello, > > > > I had a very bad experience with Checkpoint and am > > wondering if anyone had the same problem. > > > > One of my clients wanted to try Checkpoint VPN-1 so I > > filled out online eval form a month ago. A sales rep > > called me the next day and said a reseller would > > contact me in 5-10 days (5-10 minutes would make more > > sense). I didn't hear nothing in 3 weeks so I filled > > out online eval form again (I lost that rep's phone > > number) and another sales rep called me said the same > > thing. Now another week passed and I still didn't hear > > nothing. > > > > My client is very unhappy so he decide to go with > > Cisco. Is Checkpoint's business so good that they > > couldn't handle or what? Anyway, Checkpoint lost my > > client and I would never work with them again. > > > > Jim > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Find a job, post your resume. > > http://careers.yahoo.com > I have you beat, I waited 8 months for a perm. license from Checkpoint. > > -Andrew Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=25143&t=25033 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
