Re: Firewall Solution

[Bob Williamson <bob_williamson () AW ORG>]

PalAlto is really cool stuff.  Pretty impressive in our 550 user environment.  K-12 with dorm students, so we are doing 
all kinds of crazy application/scheduling type rules.

Only caution I would throw out is there were some recent updates that have caused some pretty major funk.  End result 
is I had to roll back a couple revisions to a known stable release.

Having said that, in their defense, they are making some significant changes from ver. 4 to ver. 5 so I would suspect a 
bit of bugginess AND the bugs were NOT show stopping, firewall stops working, kind of bugs.

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From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Stephen 
Lotho
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 8:45 AM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Firewall Solution

Hi Brenda,

We are still using ASA but have recently purchased the PAN solution.  We might possibly phase out the ASA if the PAN 
works out as what others say.

For now, the PAN is being use for internal visibility of the network only.

Thanks,

Steve

Stephen G. Lotho | Roosevelt University | Director, Network Services | 312-341-6996 | 430 S. Michigan, Rm. 264, 
Chicago, IL 60605| slotho () roosevelt edu<mailto:slotho () roosevelt edu>



From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of 
Gombosky,Brenda B
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 1:55 PM
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Subject: [SECURITY] Firewall Solution

We are looking at replacing our aging firewall - can others give me feedback on what you are using?  Is anyone using 
3rd Generation firewalls?  Thanks!

Brenda B. Gombosky,
CISSP, CISM, CGEIT, CRISC, CHSP, C|CISO
Director, IT, Enterprise Security
University of Louisville
Information Technology
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