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<br class=""><div style=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 10 Mar 2015, at 8:15 am, Chris Gibbs <<a href="mailto:chris.t.gibbs@gmail.com" class="">chris.t.gibbs@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Hey all,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I'm currently working on a project for a client to implement a number of firewalls</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The main features I'm looking for are</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Virtual </div><div class="">1Gbps throguhput</div><div class="">connections/sec will be quite low.</div><div class="">OSPF </div><div class="">VRRP / HA features </div><div class="">Application inspection</div><div class="">AV/malware inspection </div><div class="">Centrally managed </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I have had the Checkpoint virtual appliances in a cluster with the associated central manager testing for quite a while. It fits the bill and works the way I want, it is now time to roll-out to other sites.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">However, licensing and bang-for-buck seems a bit extreme and I just want to do a final check before going down the Checkpoint path.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Eventually it will be deployed to 9 sites with the same configuration/zones at each site. No URL filtering or VPN features are required.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I have been looking at the Fortinet virtual series or Cisco ASA (with Firepower) and would appreciate people's thoughts.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The ASA series I have quite a bit of experience with but they are not virtual and the "Firepower" components are very new to market. I also haven't had a chance to play with their central manager tool FireSight.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Fortient I have zero experience with but they rated highly in the 2014 Gartner report (If that is worth anything anymore??) and tick all the requirements. Any recommendations for supplies would be appreciated.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I have also been looking at the Palo Alto Firewalls, which I have experience in but they are on the top end for price and based on my experiences with their 2050 series (slow management, random rebooting), would be a little worried moving onto their virtual platform.<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Chris</div></div>
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