jolly403
MIS
- Jul 5, 2005
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Regarding another of my posts on tradional VPN setup, quite often I consider switching to a Cisco PIX firewall. I'm hesitant to do that partly based on a lack of knowledge of PIX working concepts. I can get around a Cisco router command line and get a router to function, but the PIX makes me a little hesitant especially since I have several years of working with Checkpoint now and am comfortable with it (which might be a good reason not to switch).
One of the questions I would pose to anyone who has good working knowledge of both Checkpoint and PIX is:
In my current Checkpoint FW I employ SMTP resources-mainly for additional anti-relay benefits as well as stripping mime/partial messages (that checkbox on the third tab of the SMTP resource window). My public DNS MX record points to the external interface of the firewall-once there the smtp resource delivers the mail on to an internal virus/spam filtering machine which forwards it on to the actual mail server.
Does the PIX have a similar functionality? If so what would it be properly called so that I can read up on it?
Differing opinions?
Much regards
Brian
One of the questions I would pose to anyone who has good working knowledge of both Checkpoint and PIX is:
In my current Checkpoint FW I employ SMTP resources-mainly for additional anti-relay benefits as well as stripping mime/partial messages (that checkbox on the third tab of the SMTP resource window). My public DNS MX record points to the external interface of the firewall-once there the smtp resource delivers the mail on to an internal virus/spam filtering machine which forwards it on to the actual mail server.
Does the PIX have a similar functionality? If so what would it be properly called so that I can read up on it?
Differing opinions?
Much regards
Brian
