RE: Kind of OT: Software-based vs. Hardware-based Firewall
- From: "Thomas W Shinder" <tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "[ISAserver.org Discussion List]" <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 10:33:15 -0500
Hi Nef,
Also, Debi wrote over a 100 pages of comparative and competitive
information for our upcoming book. This is going to be heep big powerful
ammo ISA fans can use to beat down 'hardware' packet filter so-called
firewall bigots.
Send me a note and I'll see if I can get you a advance copy of those
chapters, so you can throw those at your boss too :-)
Tom
www.isaserver.org/shinder
Tom and Deb Shinder's Configuring ISA Server 2004
http://tinyurl.com/3xqb7
MVP -- ISA Firewalls
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From: nperez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:nperez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
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Subject: [isalist] Kind of OT: Software-based vs. Hardware-based
Firewall
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I'm trying to answer my boss' argument that hardware based firewalls
(such
as Cisco and Watchguard) have no real advantage over a software based
firewall, such as ISA. My opinion (and this is just my opinion!) is that
hardware based firewalls do have an advantage in terms of security and
speed. It is more scalable, better throughput, faster then most software
solutions, and no OS (Windows) which can have holes & bugs! We have a
remote site that we connect to and I think implementing a hardware based
firewall will enhance our security and throughput. We currently have it
setup ISA to ISA on both ends.
I know there will be some bias here - after all this is an ISA forum!
But
can anyone shed some light on this? Or direct me to some good resources?
I
didn't find much on isaserver.org.
Thanks!
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