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[cebutrader]

I can make and configure one using any i386 or amd64 computer.

sorry po, sysad man daw ko, configured two and has been running for the past 3 years, one in which is a manufacturing company in Mepz (working side by side is a cisco 3640) and another in a university here in cebu.

[darkdevil]

wala koy lain ikasulti...fortinet ra jud ako na hands on..
sige lagi ta basa2x og cisco...pero mas nindot man jud
ang hands on....

[zchi]

cebutrader, pwede ma test imong gibuhat?..What company and university?...

[cebutrader]

depende kung onsa nga test.

and besides, di pwede dulaan kay sa client to nako.

[r0mm3L]

mas daghan lage ni vote sa cisco sa?

im also wondering if ang name lang bah ang naka mahal sa cisco? hehehe

[tulibagbag]

Juniper uses these features..

NetScreen Technologies is the pioneer in hardware-accelerated security devices. Started the company back in 1998, it gained much popularity, and was later acquired by Juniper Networks for US$ 4Billion in mid 2004.

[fujiko]

CISCO

[Tamblot]

Every box has its strengths and weaknesses if we talk about network security.

Cisco's ASA as its name implies, Adaptive Security Appliance. It's a box with an intel processor and disc-less storage devices in it. Two expansion bays I think. Correct me if im wrong. One thing Cisco is being proud of this is that, the expansion modules (SSM - Security Service Module) of ASA comes with its own processor, memory, etc so it does not rely on the box's hardware for the processing of the additional feature. New modules are emerging. They even have a gigabit module now. But securitywise, they have CSC (Content Security and Control) and the AIP (Advanced Inspection and Prevention) modules. It partners with Trend Micro for its added features such as malware protection. Its really fun getting to know and familiarizing the ASA. Firewall, Anti-X features, etc. I ended up with ASA5510 in a project deployment and 5520 just as a demo and lab simulation.

Fortinet. Had a year or more being with this box. AV, AS, Web filter, IPS in one. Regardless if its Fortigate 60 or Fortigate 2000, the features are almost the same. Only the capacity varies. As long as you have subscription for the updates, you can sit and relax. Before, I have Fortigate as my perimeter security and forticlient SW as my workstation/Server security. What's good with forticlient is that it's a fortigate in software form. And what's included in it? Anti-virus, firewall, anti-spam and webfilter. With forticlient, you can control which application can access the LAN card and which cannot. Also, you can set filtering of blocked website down to the user level.

Had a very limited experience in Juniper, watchguard, SMC, 3Com, Ironport. Maybe just a day or two so i cant really justify their functionalities and features.

As for the dark secrets of each of these boxes, well, for a network security engineer, that must remain sealed and locked in the vault of the unspoken.

There is no such thing as absolute security. Nothing is perfectly secured network to a determined hacker.

[CentOS]

Check the review all has ups and downs...

have a new firewall in cebu market.. check this out

www.watchguard.com

It's RED...

It's not actually new, last time I used watchguard was 9 years ago.. and it sucked miserably. I've never requested for another watchguard since i've had my hands on Cisco PIX

@topic... I vote Linux with iptables, advanced routing, l7filter, etc...

[silverhawk]

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