RE: Replacing my old PIX Classic

[Rink, Jesse]

I see what you mean about religious wars already after being in this group for a whole 5 minutes.   I guess right now I'm looking at the Cisco PIX 506 but that's mainly because of my familiarity with PIX.� I'm still open to other product that are comparitive to the PIX 506.� I just don't know what they are.   I'm not interested in having the firewall handling any proxy filtering.� By that, I assume you mean web proxy filtering (urls that should be blocked, etc.).� We already have a proxy product in place that we will be sticking with and have been 100% satisfied with.� As for packet filtering, are you talking about specifically looking at the packet and blocking/allowing dependant on the type of packet itself?� For instance, would packet filtering allow blocking any packet that shows up as someone trying to use AIM or KAZAA, etc.� Or does that fall under the application filtering definition?� Just trying to familiarize myself with the exact terms.   As for the sessions, no more than probably 700-2500 concurrent sessions.� Although, my current PIX does have 4 interfaces.� I need to make sure my new firewall can handle 4 interfaces, and the PIX 506, supposedly handles 2.� Although I read something about the 506E, it doesn't list what the difference is between them.     -----Original Message----- From: Noonan, Wesley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 9:45 AM To: 'Rink, Jesse'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: Replacing my old PIX Classic   All 3 are good firewalls. It depends on what you are looking for. Do you want a packet filtering firewall (tends to be faster), then the PIX is a good choice. Depending on the amount of users, you can go with a PIX 515 or above. Do you want more proxy/application filtering capabilities? Then both ISA and FW1 are good choices. Any debate between the two is likely a religious war (with lots of M$ thrown in, I suppose because they don't have anything credible against ISA...)   HTH   Wes Noonan, MCSE/MCT/CCNA/CCDA/NNCSS Senior QA Rep. BMC Software, Inc. (713) 918-2412 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bmc.com