I would also recommend the Firewall-1 box over the ANS Interlock solution.
I have worked with both solutions and find the Checkpoint solution more
flexible. You can do both 'state-level-inspection' as well as proxy type
URL blocking if desired.
Kaustubh
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At 08:20 PM 2/11/99 -0800, Bill Husler wrote:
>When I dealt with ANS (a few years ago now), their product was a
>turn-key package including everything from the ISP service, the hardware
>for the firewall, the software for the firewall, 24X7 system and network
>monitoring and system support. All you had to do was administer the
>policies. It was strictly an application proxy firewall. I found the box
>to be very stable and their tech support to be very responsive and
>technically capable. I do have to add that once they were purchased by
>America Online, the wait time for tech support increased significantly
>(from 0 to 20 min.). Also, this approach will certainly be problematic
>for internal firewalls (if they are to provide system support).
>
>FW-1 is an inspection firewall and can handle much more traffic (in my
>experience). While we have had some problems and currently are
>experiencing what appears to be a rather serious memory leak, our usage
>has increase many orders of magnitude, so it's hard to say if the ANS
>box could have done any better.
>
>Bill
>
>
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>> Who knows anything about a firewall product called ANS Interlock? What
is it, how well does it work, etc etc. The usual questions. Any help is
very greatly appreciated. We are trying to decide on either Firewall-1 or
this ANS stuff.
>>
>> Thanks!
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