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Best choice of a Firewall with VPN?
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| Arlé Mooldijk 2006-04-01, 12:29 pm |
| Hi all,
Just curious what you think is the 'best' choice of a Firewall with VPN?
Some points I find important:
- Easy to setup (reading the manuals should make things clear, without
spending months to do so to figure it out; also clear step-by-step manuals
included)
- VPN capable (Branch-Offices and Home users)
- VPN Client included
- NAT capable, but also non-NAT mode possible
- L2TP capable with NAT-Traversal (so one can use the standard MS client in
Windows XP behind a NAT router on client side)
- It needs to be actively supported by the factory (firmware updates, VPN
Client updates, etc)
- Possible to translate IP-ranges to other ranges when using VPN
(Branch-Offices)
Hope to hear from you soon and I think it's interesting to others as well,
as choosing a firewall is not that easy if you don't know many.
Regards,
Arlé
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| parkervt@gmail.com 2006-04-20, 7:05 pm |
| I've had good success with Sonicwall's for a number of years. Their
Tech Support at times has suffered due to outsourcing to India, but
their level 2 support is excellent.
I've used about 40+ boxen for 6 years or so, only have one fail due to
hardware problems. Mostly they are solid as a rock, and easily
configurable via a browser. Go with the Enhanced OS if you need to do
any fancy routing. Or save money with the Standard OS if you have a
simple environment.
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| Lourdes Alcantara 2006-05-05, 7:12 am |
| Hello Arle
If you plan on supporting 100 or more users on your vpn solution. I
would recommend going with a managed service provider like www.netifice.com
They have a robust platform that will provide you the ability to control
the access rule policies better because they establish vpn connection
over SSL.
Good luck.
Arlé Mooldijk wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Just curious what you think is the 'best' choice of a Firewall with VPN?
>
> Some points I find important:
> - Easy to setup (reading the manuals should make things clear, without
> spending months to do so to figure it out; also clear step-by-step manuals
> included)
> - VPN capable (Branch-Offices and Home users)
> - VPN Client included
> - NAT capable, but also non-NAT mode possible
> - L2TP capable with NAT-Traversal (so one can use the standard MS client in
> Windows XP behind a NAT router on client side)
> - It needs to be actively supported by the factory (firmware updates, VPN
> Client updates, etc)
> - Possible to translate IP-ranges to other ranges when using VPN
> (Branch-Offices)
>
> Hope to hear from you soon and I think it's interesting to others as well,
> as choosing a firewall is not that easy if you don't know many.
>
> Regards,
> Arlé
>
>
>
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| Lourdes Alcantara 2006-05-05, 7:12 am |
| Hello Arle
If you plan on supporting 100 or more users on your vpn solution. I
would recommend going with a managed service provider like www.netifice.com
They have a robust platform that will provide you the ability to control
the access rule policies better because they establish vpn connection
over SSL.
Good luck.
Arlé Mooldijk wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Just curious what you think is the 'best' choice of a Firewall with VPN?
>
> Some points I find important:
> - Easy to setup (reading the manuals should make things clear, without
> spending months to do so to figure it out; also clear step-by-step manuals
> included)
> - VPN capable (Branch-Offices and Home users)
> - VPN Client included
> - NAT capable, but also non-NAT mode possible
> - L2TP capable with NAT-Traversal (so one can use the standard MS client in
> Windows XP behind a NAT router on client side)
> - It needs to be actively supported by the factory (firmware updates, VPN
> Client updates, etc)
> - Possible to translate IP-ranges to other ranges when using VPN
> (Branch-Offices)
>
> Hope to hear from you soon and I think it's interesting to others as well,
> as choosing a firewall is not that easy if you don't know many.
>
> Regards,
> Arlé
>
>
>
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| Lourdes Alcantara 2006-05-05, 7:12 am |
| Hello Arle
If you plan on supporting 100 or more users on your vpn solution. I
would recommend going with a managed service provider like www.netifice.com
They have a robust platform that will provide you the ability to control
the access rule policies better because they establish vpn connection
over SSL.
Good luck.
Arlé Mooldijk wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Just curious what you think is the 'best' choice of a Firewall with VPN?
>
> Some points I find important:
> - Easy to setup (reading the manuals should make things clear, without
> spending months to do so to figure it out; also clear step-by-step manuals
> included)
> - VPN capable (Branch-Offices and Home users)
> - VPN Client included
> - NAT capable, but also non-NAT mode possible
> - L2TP capable with NAT-Traversal (so one can use the standard MS client in
> Windows XP behind a NAT router on client side)
> - It needs to be actively supported by the factory (firmware updates, VPN
> Client updates, etc)
> - Possible to translate IP-ranges to other ranges when using VPN
> (Branch-Offices)
>
> Hope to hear from you soon and I think it's interesting to others as well,
> as choosing a firewall is not that easy if you don't know many.
>
> Regards,
> Arlé
>
>
>
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