[THIN] Re: OT: WatchGuard Firebox 700

I use a lot of WG equipment with some PPTP connections for IT staff only.  I
find it to be sufficient for the data we are passing over the PPTP.

I personally dislike the IPSEC client WG provides.  Consider using RRAS on
NT/2K Server.  You can pass through the necessary ports for L2TP and IPSEC
and it works great.  I actually began bypassing the PPTP native in a Firebox
II and passed straight to Win2K RRAS.  The DNS resolution and NetBIOS
browsing was VASTLY superior in terms of speed.  It also offloaded some CPU
power from the Firebox, which is always nice.



-----Original Message-----
From: Nail, Larry [mailto:lnail@xxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 1:26 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] OT: WatchGuard Firebox 700


I'm looking for someone on the list using a Firebox 700 (or other Firebox
model).  My quandry is this:  I'm more or less taking over for my church on
admin'ing the servers and Firewalls.  In reviewing the Firebox doc's & web
forumns, I've found that I can turn on VPN, but it only supports PPTP (RSA
RC4 Encryption).  They have an IPSEC client that costs $200, but I don't
know if its worth it... The box won't do XP's L2TP & IPSEC, so is PPTP
sufficient, or do I ask (or pray) for the funding?  I'm not feeling too good
about PPTP alone... Thoughts?

Thanks,
Larry
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