RES: Kind of OT: Software-based vs. Hardware-based Firewall

From: "Tiago de Aviz" <Tiago@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "[ISAserver.org Discussion List]" <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 13:32:34 -0200

I do believe that my ISA had a hundred time less issues than a PIX
firewall in the last four years... ;)

PIX, Sonicwall, all of them have holes and bugs and they always will
have. These days somebody on the list said the throughput of an ISA
Firewall and I was amazed. If you get a good box running ISA, I believe
you won't have issues with that.

Most Windows issues are with browser and other user-applications. As Tom
said another day, if you don't browse on ISA, there's no need to worry
about it.

Not to mention that building policies, integration with active
directory, etc etc, is always better when you're using a Microsoft
solution.

I dunno, I'm a blind ISA fan.

Tiago de Aviz

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De: nperez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:nperez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Enviada em: segunda-feira, 18 de outubro de 2004 13:20
Para: [ISAserver.org Discussion List]
Assunto: [isalist] Kind of OT: Software-based vs. Hardware-based
Firewall

http://www.ISAserver.org

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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