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Re: Best Firewalls for Big Enterprises
Posted by: Elizabeth Millard 2003-07-02 10:42:29

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With multiple offices, thousands of employees and a wealth of electronic access points into their systems, large enterprises must lock down a great deal of infrastructure to stay safe. Thanks to vendors that are committed to providing the locks in the form of firewalls, CIOs can sleep a bit better. Although no firewall is perfect, several can do the job well enough to keep even the most colossal companies relatively secure. Which are the best firewalls for big business?

Re: Best Firewalls for Big Enterprises
Posted by: Pappy_SC 2003-07-04 05:32:06 In reply to: Elizabeth Millard

Let's be realistic, all the top 3 mentioned firewalls have all had serious vulnerabilities identified and in the press in the past 12 months. In the article the author notes that large enterprises have no choice in today's threat-ladened environment but to implement the most secure firewall technology available. Although only mentioned as a "small contender", I really think that the author needs to address the facts that only Sidewinder, from Secure Computing, has never had a vulnerability posted against it (in over 10 years as a commercial product), and as of the latest release (appliance format with available enterprise wide-management capabilities) The Sidewinder G2 appliance family outperforms and maintains better security than the 3 "top contenders". And as of recent is the most highly-certified firewall available on the market.
When is the press going to realize that market share doesn't always equate to good security, and that just because a company has a well-known name.. it doesn't mean they sell good security?
Dave Papas, Secure Computing Corporation