Paul, Do you run Cisco in house already? If so the PIX would be nice to have since, if you will have the opportunity in the future, you can install Cisco Works. Outside of that NG is very nice and with their SSL/VPN client the firewall and VPN ability will be sound. I was on 4.1 with the VPN module for quite sometime and they did not 'support' 4.1 on WinNT 4.0
It is nice having the latest version on NG. I think it would be good for you to go that way unless you can scale into the PIX and you already have Cisco end to end there. The only other thing I would think of is the NG product is like 4.1 and that is on your resume already. The PIX experience would definitely benefit you too. Hope that helps, Erik L. Vesneski Sr. Systems Specialist ISO - Intel Systems Ph#: 925-685-6161 www.pmigroup.com mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Chinnery, Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 10:08 AM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: off topic: Checkpoint vs Cisco Pix We currently use Checkpoint's Firewall-1 v4.1 with Securemote for VPN. However, Checkpoint has announced that they will end support for 4.1 this June. Consequently, I need to either upgrade to NG or replace it with another solution. The other solution is a Cisco Pix 515E. I saw some surveys comparing the two but those were limited to 4.1 not the NG solution. Checkpoint is more in $ but having used it for over 4 years, I am more comfortable with it. Can someone help me out by relaying your experience with either NG or PIX (or, both). Thanks, Paul Chinnery Network Administrator Mem Med Ctr ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
