The company that I work for has just been divided in two. One division will sold, and the other will be moving to a new location. I will moving with it and I am involved in building the new network with other admins from the corporate headquarters.
I have just received the list of devices that they want to buy and for the firewall they want a Cisco Pix 515E. I want to know the pros and cons of the Pix compared to other firewall (specifically Application layer firewall) like the Secure Computing Sidewinder.
In the 515E data sheet Cisco writes that it has “application-aware security services that examine packet streams at Layers 4-7”
I don’t think it is an application layer firewall but a sateful inspection firewall. I think Cisco wants us to believe it’s an application layer firewall.
I know the Pix is much cheaper, but I also think that the Pix is much less secure since it is a network layer firewall.
And if I should get an application layer firewall, how should try to convince them. I think it will be difficult because they already use a Pix at their location
What do you think.
Thank you
