Which firewall: Cisco ASA or WatchGuard?

[jmkelly]

I've had good and bad experiences with both. The advantages for me are that the ASA is easier to configure from the command line and Cisco's SMARTnet support is better. But the WatchGuard handles FTP with implicit TLS/SSL better and it does BGP.

I want to standardize on one or the other. What are the opinions here?

 

[unclerico]

Well, the ASA is a firewall and not a router so you really shouldn't be looking to do BGP with it. It really only has dynamic routing capabilities to supply you with very simple means to get end-to-end connectivity. As for WatchGuard...throw away technology IMHO. If I can't buy Palo Alto firewalls due to budget constraints I'll take Cisco ASAs, but that is my opinion.

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