I like the fact that they're based on FreeBSD, and you can exercise a fair amount of control through SSH, alongside the gui.
The gui is also pretty dang nice. I'm not worried about the VPN clients, since I'm going to implement ssl-explorer, but I'm going to have to check on lack of detection of brute force password attemtps - I can't imagine that's not implemented in a platform as mature as this. Kurt On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 6:50 AM, kenw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've looked at them recently, and saw a lot to like, but they don't > detect plain old brute-force password guessing, and don't support > Microsoft VPN clients. > > Do Watchguard, Juniper or any Sonicwall? I don't know. I know Cisco > IPS does, in some cases, in theory, but the practice has other issues. > > /kenw > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: March-10-08 8:18 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: OT: Firewall recommendations > > > > So far I've really liked my Sidewinders - from Secure Computing. > > > > On 3/10/08, Jonathan Kadoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Good day everyone, just looking for some opinions. I currently have > > a > > > number of clients that are using sonicwall for their firewall > > appliance. > > > Increasingly I have been having various issues that Sonicwall has > not > > been > > > able to help with. I am looking for a new solution for my smb > > clients. > > > Juniper is one that looks promising. > > > > > > Anyone have any opinions re Juniper or another smb firewall? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > JK > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
