Re: off topic: Checkpoint vs Cisco Pix

[jamesworld]

If you look at a point of DR.  The PIX  will definitely win.  CP requires a 
HDD.  Ergo point of failure.  Even if you go to an IPSO box, you still have 
HDD.  You will save money on licensing (PIX 515E  = unlimited).  You get a 
better 'firewall'.  Notice I said Firewall.  Not firewall plus a bunch of 
other stuff.  Yes many Fw's do VPN and that's cool (PIX 3DES is now 
standard and not licensed by user (515E can support 2000 
connections).  It's wen you add all the fluff/features that you start 
increasing the chances of exploit or failure.

Go with the PIX,  It'll be a great learning experience, you'll have a great 
FW and if you ever need to start from scratch, you'll be up in less than 
10-30 min, compared to an OS build and then install and then patch and then 
config.

I vote for the more secure solution.

At 12:07 4/1/03, Chinnery, Paul wrote:
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


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