It all depends on what you want your firewall to do. Even if you are doing site-to-site VPN, for the money you can't beat the D-Like DFL-700 or DFL-1100. The 700 will only set you back around $400 and will establish site-to-site VPN tunnels with our existing remote PIX 506s. Great web interface and their phone support is decent enough, but nowhere near Cisco's TAC. Considering that you'd spend at least $1,100 to get a PIX 506 outfitted for firewall + VPN server and that still does not include any support, the $400 for the D-link sounds like a good deal to me. Plus, it acts as an IPSec VPN server (for clients) with unlimited licenses.
The downside: The PIX can push about 75 Mbit/s of VPN traffic through (with the VPN Accelerator card installed), but the D-link can only muster 30 Mbit/s (in 3DES mode). Although, the DFL-1100 can muster up to 250 Mbit/s (in 3DES mode). If you don't need the esoteric Cisco-only features (TACAS+ and ACS server come to mind), then the D-link units are a good solution. Eric Fretz -----Original Message----- From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 10:16 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: OT - firewalls Here we just use a 501, it's cheap but easily copes with everything we do, admittedly we don't do VPN or encryption or suchlike but it's a bloody good piece of kit for the price IMHO. Paul > -----Original Message----- > From: Kim Schotanus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 2:45 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: OT - firewalls > > > I need a new firewall, and analysis comes up with two options > (main use > is only mail and local internet surfing, no DMZ on this > connection), the > watchguard firebox x1000 and Pix 515... any pro's and cons? I > personally > like the GUI form watchguard. > > Kim > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&t > ext_mode=&lang=english > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > %%email.unsub%% > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: > Jupitermedia Corp. > Attn: Discussion List Management > 475 Park Avenue South > New York, NY 10016 > > Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang =english To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
