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What firewall for a small network John Smith 09-04-2007
Posted by John Smith on September 4, 2007, 9:49 pm
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Hello,

I am implementing a small network with one server which is also the Exchange
server 2007 and 15 users.

I am confused as to what kink I should be buying? I have looked at
Netscreen 5XT. Will this do the trick?

I would greatly appreciate your input.

thanks,
John



Posted by Paul Hutchings on September 5, 2007, 1:44 pm
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> Hello,
>
> I am implementing a small network with one server which is also the Exchange
> server 2007 and 15 users.
>
> I am confused as to what kink I should be buying? I have looked at
> Netscreen 5XT. Will this do the trick?
>
> I would greatly appreciate your input.
>
> thanks,
> John

There are a lot of options.

You haven't said much about what you want to do with it, but I would say
look at something like a Netscreen SSG5 which will do a heck of a lot
for the price.

AIUI the Netscreen 5xx range are still supported but the SSG range are
the more current (and likely to be around/developed/supported in the
future) range.

The likes of Fortinet, Cisco ASA and Checkpoint Edge appliances are also
worth looking at - I've come to the conclusion that unless you want to
do something quite specific these things are much of a muchness at the
functional level and much of the decision comes down to things like
support, ease of management etc.


Posted by John Smith on September 5, 2007, 3:20 pm
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Interesting that you mention SSG series. After I posted here I looked at
SSG 140 and am now more inclined to go that route.

I will have a small network with only one 2003 server 64-bit Domain
Controller with Active Directory and Exchange 2007. We also have VoIP.

From what I've read about SSG 140 it can be my router to the internet as
well as route private IPs in the internal network.

Is SSG 140 an overkill for what I described above or should I go for SSG5?

I appreciate your input.
John

>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am implementing a small network with one server which is also the
>> Exchange
>> server 2007 and 15 users.
>>
>> I am confused as to what kink I should be buying? I have looked at
>> Netscreen 5XT. Will this do the trick?
>>
>> I would greatly appreciate your input.
>>
>> thanks,
>> John
>
> There are a lot of options.
>
> You haven't said much about what you want to do with it, but I would say
> look at something like a Netscreen SSG5 which will do a heck of a lot
> for the price.
>
> AIUI the Netscreen 5xx range are still supported but the SSG range are
> the more current (and likely to be around/developed/supported in the
> future) range.
>
> The likes of Fortinet, Cisco ASA and Checkpoint Edge appliances are also
> worth looking at - I've come to the conclusion that unless you want to
> do something quite specific these things are much of a muchness at the
> functional level and much of the decision comes down to things like
> support, ease of management etc.
>



Posted by Paul Hutchings on September 5, 2007, 3:40 pm
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> Interesting that you mention SSG series. After I posted here I looked at
> SSG 140 and am now more inclined to go that route.
>
> I will have a small network with only one 2003 server 64-bit Domain
> Controller with Active Directory and Exchange 2007. We also have VoIP.
>
> From what I've read about SSG 140 it can be my router to the internet as
> well as route private IPs in the internal network.
>
> Is SSG 140 an overkill for what I described above or should I go for SSG5?
>
> I appreciate your input.
> John

First off I'll admit to knowing nothing about VOIP so I have no idea if
there are likely to be issues with that and the SSG series.

I would suggest that for basic routing in and out of packets, and URL
filtering that unless you have very heavy users or serious bandwidth to
the outside world the SSG 5 will be more than sufficient, even allowing
for the specifications being on the optimistic side.

Where it starts to bog down is when you enable things that require it to
inspect traffic such as the Anti-Spam, Deep Inspection, and Antivirus
options.

From what I can tell (we have an SSG 5) the 140 does exactly the same
stuff, it can just handle more.


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