topic Re: PIX vs Nokia/CheckPoint in Network Security https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/pix-vs-nokia-checkpoint/m-p/334265#M551314 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The PIX has much cheaper maintenance contract costs. With PIX we only have to purchase annual Smartnet that include hardware, software &amp; software upgrades. With a Nokia/Checkpoint combination we would have to purchase annual Nokia maintenance, annual Checkpoint mainenance and annual Checkpoint software upgrades.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 24 Feb 2005 21:48:11 GMT m.singer 2005-02-24T21:48:11Z PIX vs Nokia/CheckPoint https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/pix-vs-nokia-checkpoint/m-p/334264#M551313 <P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>I am working on a security proposal for an SMB size company (about 200 nodes with a remote data center). I am trying to cover the following areas:</P><P></P><P>Perimeter firewalling, VPN, IPS/IDS, Anti Virus at Gateway level, Web Content Filtering (including URL Filtering) and finally Wireless security.</P><P></P><P>From my previous expeiences, a combination of PIX and a security appliance (such as Symantec Gateway Security Appliance) can cover all of the above, however, I have been asked to consider a Nokia/Checkpoint solution as well because it can also cover all the above requirements in one appliance.</P><P></P><P>I know PIX but have no experience with Nokia and have not been able to find any comparison or evaluation for both PIX and Nokia. My questions:</P><P></P><P>1. Can someone who has worked with both PIX and Nokia solutions let me know the pros and cons for each (I myslef obviously prefer PIX but need a technical rational behind my proposal).</P><P></P><P>2. Am I right that PIX cannot support all the above features? I know that with WebSense I can almost get the Web Content Filtering portion from PIX but what about Gateway AntiVirus? Also PIX IDS capabilities is very limited. Is there any other Add-On feature set or third party software available for PIX for these features?</P><P></P><P>3. What is the major highlight feature/capability of PIX that can be used to beat other solutions in the market? As far as I know, ASIC level OS and speed/performance ... Any thing else !? (this cannot be a winner feature for a SMB site with limited size and budget)</P><P></P><P>Any input is highly appreciated.</P><P></P><P>Regards,</P><P>Ali</P> Fri, 21 Feb 2020 07:58:29 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/pix-vs-nokia-checkpoint/m-p/334264#M551313 aafkhami 2020-02-21T07:58:29Z Re: PIX vs Nokia/CheckPoint https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/pix-vs-nokia-checkpoint/m-p/334265#M551314 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The PIX has much cheaper maintenance contract costs. With PIX we only have to purchase annual Smartnet that include hardware, software &amp; software upgrades. With a Nokia/Checkpoint combination we would have to purchase annual Nokia maintenance, annual Checkpoint mainenance and annual Checkpoint software upgrades.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 24 Feb 2005 21:48:11 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/pix-vs-nokia-checkpoint/m-p/334265#M551314 m.singer 2005-02-24T21:48:11Z