[TriLUG] [off topic] firewall, VPN, UTM, and web filtering suggestions

[William Chandler]

When I was at Savvis we used Barracuda for some of our local, internal stuff
(around 500 employees, 500 servers).
http://www.barracudanetworks.com/ns/?L=en



On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Chris Bullock <cgbullock at yahoo.com> wrote:

> We are looking to replace our opensource firewall/VPN and web filtering
> boxes
> with something more commercially supported (I have changed roles in my
> company
> and my boss wants me hands off and the rest of our IT department can not
> support
> our existing infrastructure)  I currently have a few RFPs out for replacing
> my
> gear, however neither has come back with a turnkey solution as of yet.
> a few questions
> 1.  Can i get some recommendations of companies that do this kind of work,
> on a
> large scale?  We have a fairly extensive network infrastructure so we need
> a
> company that is used to complex design.
> 2.  The two companies that have gotten back to me, are suggesting Cisco and
> Sonicwall.  I have no experience with Sonicwall, and my experience with
> Cisco
> was during the PIX/CatOS days, so I am a little out of the loop, we are an
> HP
> ProCurve shop.  Pros, Cons of either
> 3.  Any suggestions for web filtering?  We currently are using squid for
> blocking our users from inappropriate and social networking sites.
>
> Regards,
> Chris
>
>
>
>
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