From: Farrukh Haroon (farrukhharoon@gmail.com)
Date: Sat Feb 07 2009 - 05:13:22 ARST
who = you :)
On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Farrukh Haroon <farrukhharoon@gmail.com>wrote:
> You can find a side-by-side comparison here:
>
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6120/prod_models_comparison.html
>
> All vendors have their particular pros and cons, everybody can't afford a
> BMW (or a Daewoo for that matter).
> E.g. with Juniper who have to buy a separate box for SSL VPN etc.
>
> Regards
>
> Farrukh
>
> On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 2:42 AM, Christopher Copley <
> copley.chris@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Well, my vote was for the Juniper Netscreens, but I got over ruled. The
>> reason we are going from Checkpoint to ASA is really for 2 reasons...
>> 1. Political
>> 2. Costs
>>
>> My management is die hard Cisco every thing! Plus the way we buy
>> Checkpoint and do support puts a serious hurt on us. The cost of the
>> Checkpoint is 7 or 8 times higher than a comp Cisco model. And out
>> support
>> cost and times are very poor. With out getting into a very long story, it
>> is a much better deal go Cisco than Checkpoint. Plus it means more
>> training
>> for me! And that is never a bad thing!
>>
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 6:23 PM, Felix Nkansah <felixnkansah@gmail.com
>> >wrote:
>>
>> > Hi Chris,
>> > The 5505 uses switched ports instead of the routed ports you would see
>> in
>> > the higher models.
>> >
>> > One has to use SVIs for L3 stuff on the 5505 therefore (like we do on
>> the
>> > FWSM).
>> >
>> > The 5505 does not support security contexts and stateful failover (even
>> > though it supports bare active/standby failover).
>> >
>> > Get a box with a security plus license anyway if you want to enjoy
>> enough
>> > functionalities.
>> >
>> > By the way, why are you replacing Checkpoint with Cisco? It's like
>> > replacing BMWs with Daewoo.
>> >
>> > If you have to introduce new firewall/IDS/IPS/UTM stuff in your network,
>> I
>> > would advise you to go for Juniper products instead.
>> >
>> > 2 cents!
>> >
>> > Felix
>> > ccie r&s, security
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 10:34 PM, Christopher Copley <
>> > copley.chris@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Group,
>> >>
>> >> My company is moving away from Checkpoints to ASA's. I have got my
>> >> management to buy me 2 ASA 5505's for my lab to learn. My question
>> is,
>> >> how
>> >> does the 5505's compare to the 5510 and above? Is there much that I
>> will
>> >> not be able to test or practice with the 5505's, or major differences?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Chris
>> >>
>> >>
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