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Security Products for SBS Server

I have been researching Security products and ran into a company call Astaro.  I have never really heard of them myself and was wondering if anyone has any info or experiance with this company and the quality of their products?
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Astaro makes excellent products.

The firewall they produce is excellent. In large enterprise most companies utilise microsoft ISA, Checkpoint, Cisco etc.

I have seen Astaro implementations in SOHO, Small - medium business and Technial Institutes.

I have used Astaro at home for my personal use for a number of years.

SBS server utilises ISA, The biggest issue facing SBS users in small to medium budiness is how to get support from microsoft when utilising a 3rd parties product in front of one of their products. I would suggest that this is why you do not see as many implementations of Astaro in the "microsoft" areas. Also Astaro would require a seperate server / machine.

Hope this helps.

Cheers

S

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Thank you for your response.  I am not sure that I understand.  Why would it require a seperate machine?
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Ok, I understand now.  I was thinking it was a software firewall like Zonealarm or BlackIce that could be installed on a windows computer.  Now I see why they sell the whole firewall appliance.

Thank you very much.
Your very welcome,

You should take a look at the product some time. All the config is via Web and the install is simple.

The layout is very much like checkpoint.

Cheers

Steve
What is needed for hardware?  Just a linux box with 2 NIC cards?
Just a box with 2 nics. The CD has an install wizard.

512mb with 500mhz processor or better.

Its way easy to instal. and free for home use. Allows up to 10 machines to connect to it at home.

cheers

Steve
Unfortunitly, I have more than 10 here at home, but I have many extra PIII 500 or better to try it out.  I have 9 computers on my home network, 3 ReplayTV units, 2 network video cameras and a couple of Network attached hard drives.  So I would be over the 10 max, but I might just give it a try anyway just to check it out.

Thanks again for all the info.  Very Helpful!!