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Firebox X500 vs Symantec Gateway 360R
Hello experts.
We have a 50 user company. I was looking to get a firewall, and after a some research, desided to go with Firebox X500.
My reasoning was: good reviews, easy to maintain, and not very complicated in settings.
Recently though, i saw Symantec Gateway Security 360R, and thought that it might be a better choice, price wise.
From what i see, main difference is firewall throughput Sym 60Mgbs and Firebox 100Mgbs, and VPN Sym 15Mgbs and firebox 20Mgbs.
Can you guys briff me on other differences that might be important, and a little definition on Throughput would be great too :)
thank you
We have a 50 user company. I was looking to get a firewall, and after a some research, desided to go with Firebox X500.
My reasoning was: good reviews, easy to maintain, and not very complicated in settings.
Recently though, i saw Symantec Gateway Security 360R, and thought that it might be a better choice, price wise.
From what i see, main difference is firewall throughput Sym 60Mgbs and Firebox 100Mgbs, and VPN Sym 15Mgbs and firebox 20Mgbs.
Can you guys briff me on other differences that might be important, and a little definition on Throughput would be great too :)
thank you
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Well the wireless option on the Symantec is pretty much sticking a notebook wireless card in the PC Card slot on the side. This option truly is bizarre as my firewall is deep within an air conditioned room surrounded by wires and power cables that would probably limit the Symantec's wireless range to just outside the locked steel door. I don't understand what they were thinking when they offered this option... anyways...
With any wired layout you can just add wireless just by plugging an access point into the network regardless of what firewall you have (it's just that easy). Now for the bad part. Adding an access point to the network increases your point of attack from one (the firewall) to two - the firewall and the access point. If you decided you were fed up with hackers and decided to block all access to and from the net in the firewall (or just unpluged the WAN by accident...), intrusion can still be had via the access point.
My current network has an access point but it is simply for some 802.11b wireless spy cams - don't ask me... the boss wanted it. I am filtering wireless access by MAC address which hardens the access point's security... in addition to a 128 bit WEP key. My opinion on wireless: Unless you have a really strong reason for using wireless (like if the CEO just wanted to use his wireless laptop or something), I wouldn't rush out and get a wireless access point - especially in areas where there's a lot of people (NYC, LA, etc...). Wireless hijacking is really common in those areas - in fact there are 6 unprotected wireless networks in my apartment building alone (sigh...).
Again, if it fits your needs, get it. Otherwise, avoid it like the plague.
With any wired layout you can just add wireless just by plugging an access point into the network regardless of what firewall you have (it's just that easy). Now for the bad part. Adding an access point to the network increases your point of attack from one (the firewall) to two - the firewall and the access point. If you decided you were fed up with hackers and decided to block all access to and from the net in the firewall (or just unpluged the WAN by accident...), intrusion can still be had via the access point.
My current network has an access point but it is simply for some 802.11b wireless spy cams - don't ask me... the boss wanted it. I am filtering wireless access by MAC address which hardens the access point's security... in addition to a 128 bit WEP key. My opinion on wireless: Unless you have a really strong reason for using wireless (like if the CEO just wanted to use his wireless laptop or something), I wouldn't rush out and get a wireless access point - especially in areas where there's a lot of people (NYC, LA, etc...). Wireless hijacking is really common in those areas - in fact there are 6 unprotected wireless networks in my apartment building alone (sigh...).
Again, if it fits your needs, get it. Otherwise, avoid it like the plague.
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But can u add some more on wireless, adding it to X500? good bad?