How is the VPN setup, easy to work with. I've never setup a IPSEC VPN before. Do you have to install software on the remote client's workstation to connect? Is there a maintenance fee each year for the anti-x protection? On 6/27/07, Stehouwer, Matt <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Yes it does. We have two of the 5GT and one SSG-140. > > Matt Stehouwer > Technology Manager > University Relations > Michigan State University > 401 Olds Hall > East Lansing, MI 48824 > 517-355-9003 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Troy Murray > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 9:13 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Hardware Firewall? > > Do these use a Java interface for management? > > -t > > > On 6/27/07, Bryan A Murphy <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > I would have to agree with Dean. They are extremely easy to manage > and very > > flexible. A nice and informative web interface and an easy to use > command > > line interface. > > > > Here is how the command line works: > > > http://downgrade.org/2007/05/23/juniper-netscreen-policy-configuration-c > heat > > -sheet/ > > > > It's also a bit of a 'standard' on campus. > > > > -- > > Bryan Murphy // CISSP, MCP > > http://downgrade.org > > > > > > > > > > On 6/26/07 8:22 PM, "Dean R Olson III" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > > Hi Orion, > > > > > > I'd recommend the Netscreen 5GT. This should fit your budget just > fine. > > > > > > > http://www.juniper.net/products_and_services/firewall_slash_ipsec_vpn/ne > tscr > > > een_5_series/ > > > > > > Dean > > > > > > > > > Orion Smith writes: > > > > > >> Hi all, > > >> > > >> I am looking for suggestions for a sub-$600 hardware firewall > solution. I'm > > >> primarily a developer but am also responsible for our server (the > one-man IT > > >> department). I am not a network-head; at one point I tried to > homebrew a > > >> Linux box for this purpose and a week later just had a big > headache. I > > >> would thus prefer something easy to manage, that I can forget about > unless > > >> there's a problem and then it tells me there's a problem and gives > me tools > > >> I can understand to investigate. We need to use multiple-IP NAT > (multiple > > >> outside addresses, mapped to a handful of inside computers with > some inside > > >> computers using multiple outside addresses), also good server > routing tables > > >> so I can send people looking for our websites to the right > destinations. I > > >> had been interested in the Chilibox until my boss found some > > >> less-than-stellar reviews of the product. I'm willing to sacrifice > > >> flexibility and even some performance for peace of mind and ease of > > >> management. Any ideas? > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> -Orion > > >> > > >> |Orion A Smith, REACH Technology Coordinator| > > >> |457 Erickson Hall, MSU (517)432-4022| > > >> [log in to unmask] > > >> > > > > > > > > > > -- > Troy D Murray > Blog: http://troymurray.blogspot.com/ > AIM: troymurray72 > Skype: troy.murray > -- Troy D Murray Blog: http://troymurray.blogspot.com/ AIM: troymurray72 Skype: troy.murray