For some uninteresting technical reasons, we abandoned WatchGuard and
went with Secure Computing Sidewinders. I still like the WatchGuard
line, but I now have come to prefer the Secure Computing stuff. They
are a joy to use.

In fairness to Watchguard, however, their MobileVPN client is OEMed,
and not under their control - the SafeNet people screwed the pooch on
Vista compatibility, not WatchGuard.

Kurt

On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 2:36 PM, Bill Songstad (WCUL)
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Also using Watchguard.  Very easy to use.  Mostly.  You can try to bend it
> to your will and it will give you resistance, but if you don't try to use it
> in a way the developer never imagined, it is easy to set up and modify.
>
> The support is out of India and the accents can be thick.  I've had three
> tech calls over the past 5 years and one was a joy, one was efficient, and
> one was hang up and try the lottery for someone with a brain.
>
> They have an active user forum with some very active and very knowledgeable
> power users.
>
> On the downside, it took them 9 months to get a VPN Client for Vista.
> Apparently they missed  the two years of hype and beta testing that preceded
> the release of vista.  Maybe Seattle is a long way from Redmond…
>
> Bill
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> From: Jim S. Walters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 2:51 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Firewall Recommendation
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> Hello, we have a Checkpoint firewall that is coming up for maintenance
> renewal and the price is going up and up and finding qualified consultants
> to assist with upgrades is getting harder and harder.
>
> I'm very satisfied with the firewall itself, but feel it's time to review
> what other people are using.
>
> Our needs are simple, we have one office with 160 users now but expect to
> open other offices in the future.  We have a dozen or so remote users who
> VPN in.  We have a half dozen machines in the DMZ for various uses and use
> RSA for authentication.
>
> What firewall systems are you using and which would you buy if you had the
> opportunity to start fresh?
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Jim Walters
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