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

[Warren Myers]

I'll second the Barracuda vote - they're very simple to administrer, and
inexpensive to boot :)

WMM

On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 09:40, William Chandler <wcchandler at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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