I don't know if anyone has read the latest Information Security magazine, but they do a comparison between IPTables and Checkpoint. To sum up the article, IPTables has the same functionality and can potentially perform better if properly setup, however Checkpoint is (obviously) much easier to manage. So if you have the technical knowledge to maintain the firewall, I would go with IPTables. With IPTables you can also take advantage of many other add-on's that would cost thousands of dollars to implement otherwise such as QoS control with tc, full-featured routing with iproute2 and IPS functionality with Snort-Inline. > Hi, > I don't know whether this is right list for my > question. > > I am facing basic problem while convincing to users. I > have implemented IPTABLES firewall on my Linux 8.0 > server. I am frequently asked by users which > firewall/security measures are taken for my network. > My competitors use Checkpoint Firewall. > Can somebody guide me how to convince my users that > Linux IPTABLES Firewall is technically at par with > commercial Firewall such as checkpoint. > > Also if same security policies are adopted for > IPTABLES and checkpoint, Is IPTABLES technically at > par with commercial FIREWALLs? > > Thanks > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search > http://shopping.yahoo.com > > Thanks, Josh Berry, CTO LinkNet-Solutions 469-831-8543 josh.berry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
