[AusNOG] Firewall

[Tim Raphael]

The first release of the vSRXs was very buggy, the latter releases (X47 I think) are much better.

- Tim


> On 27 Feb 2015, at 6:37 am, Patrick Cole <z at amused.net> wrote:
> 
> Skeeve,
> 
> Has Firefly got any better?  When I ran a HA pair up in the lab a whiel back
> there seemed to be significant jitter through them.  Changing to HW SRXs was 
> night and day difference.
> 
> Pat
> 
> Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 01:30:23PM -1000, Skeeve Stevens wrote:
> 
> 
>>   Why not KVM inside RedHat then running Juniper Firefly Perimeter ?A  They
>>   have a KVM version.
>> 
>>   ...Skeeve
>> 
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>>   On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 3:07 AM, Sam Sarkis-UIP <ssarkis at unitedip.net.au>
>>   wrote:
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>>     It is an odd request, yes it MUST be a server based Firewall.
>> 
>>     A 
>> 
>>     No go on the vASA or vSRX as we dona**t have access to the Hypervisor at
>>     all.
>> 
>>     A 
>> 
>>     We only get given an pre-build OS and then we can install whatever
>>     application they want on it.
>> 
>>     A 
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>>     A 
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>>     A 
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>>     From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of
>>     Skeeve Stevens
>>     Sent: Tuesday, 24 February 2015 10:17 PM
>>     To: Sam Sarkis-UIP
>>     Cc: ausnog at lists.ausnog.net; ausnog at ausnog.net
>>     Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Firewall
>> 
>>     A 
>> 
>>     Sounds like an odd request... you mean it MUST be a Server based
>>     Firewall?
>> 
>>     A 
>> 
>>     If that is an issue, get around it by going VMware and using vASA or
>>     vSRX?
>> 
>>     ...Skeeve
>> 
>>     --
>> 
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>> 
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>>     On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 9:09 PM, Sam Sarkis-UIP
>>     <ssarkis at unitedip.net.au> wrote:
>> 
>>       A 
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>>       Hi All,
>> 
>>       A 
>> 
>>       I know this is strange but we have a specific requirement for a
>>       customer.
>> 
>>       A 
>> 
>>       Does anyone know or recommend a firewall / UTM software that can be
>>       installed on an existing Windows, Redhat, SuSE, or Centos Server.
>> 
>>       A 
>> 
>>       We would prefer a commercial package.A 
>> 
>>       A 
>> 
>>       We cannot overwrite the existing os and have to work within any of the
>>       above mentions platforms only.
>> 
>>       A 
>> 
>>       Kind Regards
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>>       A 
>> 
>>       Sam
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