Re: [cobalt-security] Velociraptor performance/functionality query

[Marc Soda <msoda@xxxxxxxxx>]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

I am in the exact situation.

> 1) Anyone done a comparison of the Nokia vs. Velociraptor product ?

No, we are comparing WatchGuard vs. VelociRaptor.

> 3) General thoughts from Velociraptor users on ease of management and
> security the box provides ?

On my first assessment of the VR I found management cumbersome and
difficult.  Since, however, I have much more time to delve into it and,
like anything else, it got better.

As far as security, I am NOT a fan of proxies, but this product seems to
be extremely secure, although somewhat susceptible to DoS attacks, as is
inherent in many proxy firewalls.  Axent (now Symantec) claims they have
passed 45Mb/sec through the VR, which is all fine and good, but I still
wouldn't put in front of a heavy hit site or a large corporate LAN.  On a
conference call they seemed to dodge all my questions about connections
per second and the like.

However, I have found the VPN implementation to be excellent.  It is
robust, follows the standards, and secure.  I am most pleased with
this.  It seems to be interoperable with most other VPN implementations
as well.

> 4) How well is this supported ?

Axent was recently acquired by Symantec.  Right now documentation and
support are hard to come by, I suspect this will change however.  I do
have a few PDFs if your interested.  Also, I don't think Cobalt is really
supporting this at all, I may be wrong.

If I can be of any help let me know.


Marc Soda
ASPRE, Inc.
marc@xxxxxxxxx
http://www.aspre.net/

Managed e-Business Application Services
- ---------------------------------
t. 215.957.2266 Ext. 2144
f. 215.957.2277
c.215.840.1633

113 Rock Road
Horsham, PA 19044


On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, Vachon, Scott wrote:

> The company I work for is reviewing Firewall systems and is leaning toward
> the Nokia/Checkpoint solution. However, we have to date been displeased with
> their support structure. So I have been asked to look into the Velociraptor.
> I checked the archives but, info on the Velociraptor is sparse (similar to
> the product documentation on the Cobalt site ). So I post these questions to
> the group:
>
> 1) Anyone done a comparison of the Nokia vs. Velociraptor product ?
> 2) Anyone using the Velociraptor product ?
> 3) General thoughts from Velociraptor users on ease of management and
> security the box provides ?
> 4) How well is this supported ?
>
> TIA.
>
>
> -S-
> ____________________________________________________________________________
> _______
> A government that is large enough to supply everything you need is large
> enough to take everything you have.
> -Thomas Jefferson
> ____________________________________________________________________________
> _______
>
> "Any comments or statements made are not necessarily those of the firm, its
> subsidiaries or affiliates"
> _______________________________________________
> cobalt-security mailing list
> cobalt-security@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-security
>
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org

iD8DBQE6baGM8/oGPCGMSEgRApx3AJ9PLmkxzGn4PkGzoMn9EC497iJ4FACg7DII
lMoDybkfutgxIj1NzEA2+pQ=
=cCMs
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----