Hello Andrew,
Nokia may also be an option to consider. They have at least 3 different
platforms to choose from based on the amount of bandwidth you'll be using.
They run the Checkpoint FW-1 software which can run VPN's on several
encryption schemes (ISAKMP/Oakley or IKE, SKIP, Manual IPSEC, etc.). They
also have a VPN accelerator card from Luna that can offload most of the
processing involved with the encrypt/decrypts from the main CPU. The card
is useful if you have heavy VPN traffic going all of the time, otherwise the
regular hardware does a great job of keeping up with the FW and VPN traffic.
I don't have performance numbers like you were requesting but I'm sure that
Nokia has them (although probably biased).
Also, no I don't work for Nokia sales. 8^) It just happens to be the only
product I have any FW/VPN experience with so I guess I'm somewhat biased as
well. Anyway, hope this helps.
http://www.nokia.com/securenetworksolutions/index.html
Don't know how the Nokia's compare in price to what you're currently looking
at.
opiesan
>From: Andrew Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Firewalls \(E-mail\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Decision time !
>Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 16:58:37 -0000
>
>I'm trying to make a decision on which firewall + VPN to employ.
>
>We currently have the Guardian firewall by Netguard. A while ago I was
>asked
>to implement VPN. Our Guardian installers had a number of problems with
>their "testing" of the VPN card, so much so that I have begun to look
>elsewhere to see if I was implementing the most apt solution.
>
>I would like to try and get some advice on the Pros and cons of the
>following
>
>Implementing the VPN card into our NT box which is running Guardian
>
>or
>
>Replacing the Guardian with a device like a NetScreen 5 elite.
>
>
>The cost of both is the same (I already have the NT box with guardian on so
>I am comparing the cost of the VPN card + installation to the cost of the
>NetScreen 5 + installation)
>
>We envisage having 15 vpn clients with 6-10 online at the same time.
>
>Our Internet connection is 128k but may rise to 256k / 512k in the next
>year.
>
>The annual maintenance on the Guardian is 5 times greater than for the
>NetScreen.
>
>If the NetScreen can do what we want with a degree of redundency then why
>should we purchase the more expensive option. How can I get an indication
>of
>the throughput of each setup?
>
>Any helpful advice / experiences would be appreciated
>
>TIA
>
>Andy
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