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Re: Managed Firewall Service - Opinions
From: Jeffery.Gieser () minnesotamutual com
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 10:38:34 -0500
#What are a few pros and cons that come to mind versus managing #the firewalls yourself? I looking into managed firewall services and really did not care for what I saw. 1. It was pretty expensive. We were quoted prices between $500 and $1,000 a month per firewall per remote office. These offices had 5-50 people depending on the office. This is cheap if you can completely get rid of your security department/person but your security department/person should be doing more than managing firewalls and with only 700 people in your company the firewall should take a few hours a month worth of admin time. 2. Their turnaround time was 48 hours on a request. In my mind this is unacceptable. If your current users are used to a quick turnaround when they call you then they will not like this at all. 3. They usually only allowed a maximum number of rules. We saw this vary from about 15 to 20 rules with the vendors we looked at. And the most important reason 4. They usually force you to sign an agreement stating they are not resposible for any security incident at your site even if it results from a configuration mistake that they made on your firewall. #Do these companies manage the firewalls as we currently have them, or #do they install/configure their own? - currently we use Gauntlet firewalls. The companies I looked at used their own firewalls but there are companies that will manage yours. I am sure you are well aware that Guantlet is going away so maybe this isn't a big deal. I do not know of any large managed firewall companies that manage Sidewinders in case you follow the recommended Secure Computing upgrade path. Regards, Jeffery Gieser _______________________________________________ firewall-wizards mailing list firewall-wizards () honor icsalabs com http://honor.icsalabs.com/mailman/listinfo/firewall-wizards
Current thread:
- Managed Firewall Service - Opinions Fiamingo, Frank (Apr 17)
- Re: Managed Firewall Service - Opinions Paul Robertson (Apr 17)
- RE: Managed Firewall Service - Opinions Paul Stewart (Apr 17)
- RE: Managed Firewall Service - Opinions Paul Robertson (Apr 17)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Managed Firewall Service - Opinions Jeffery . Gieser (Apr 17)
- RE: Managed Firewall Service - Opinions Melson, Paul (Apr 17)
- RE: Managed Firewall Service - Opinions Melson, Paul (Apr 17)
- RE: Managed Firewall Service - Opinions Paul Robertson (Apr 17)
- Re: Managed Firewall Service - Opinions Joseph S D Yao (Apr 19)
- Re: Managed Firewall Service - Opinions Duncan Sharp (Apr 17)
- Re: Managed Firewall Service - Opinions R. DuFresne (Apr 18)
- Re: Managed Firewall Service - Opinions Mike Scher (Apr 18)
- PIX Config Problem Paul Stewart (Apr 22)
- RE: Managed Firewall Service - Opinions Paul Robertson (Apr 17)
- Re: Managed Firewall Service - Opinions Mike Hoskins (Apr 18)
- Re: Managed Firewall Service - Opinions R. DuFresne (Apr 19)
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