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Looking to Upgrade Router/Firewall

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by ct98

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We are a small company with fewer than 100 employees. Right now I am running a Cisco 2500 series router with IOS firewall. This has been a good piece of equiptment, runs forever without much tweaking. Our needs are changing and I would like to upgrade to a piece of equiptment that is a little more user friendly and has more security tools. I would like a GUI interface, to be able to open and close ports on the fly, change NAT addressing faster and that has some sort of intrustion detection. I would love to be able to see traffic graphically in real time. Where can I find good comparisions and documentation on different kinds of choices? Thanks in advance.

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by afram

SonicWall and watchguard's Firebox looked very interesting. Both have various security services that you can subscribe to. I didn't care much for checkpoint.

by dafe2

Have you looked at the CISCO PIX? I think you'll find they offer all the features you mentioned.

Good luck.

by alece

I agree that a Cisco PIX firewall would be an excellent fit here as well.

by praetorpal

I look at competitor's products here, it may be of some use:

http://productfinder.securitypipeline.com/index.cgi?search=Search&final_cat1=3&category=5&sub_cat=27

If you would like to learn about a product that has Cisco beat in price and performance, than read this:

http://www.monitor.ca/monitor/issues/vol11iss12/lnxstuff.html

It has everything you detailed and more, and goes beyond IDS/IPS.

Disclaimer: I am a part of this company, but this is not a sales pitch. I honestly believe that it offers the most value on the market, even better than Cisco. Look for its official unveiling in early 2005.

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