Firewall-1

Re: [FW-1] Dual ISP or ISP redundancy feature

Subject: Re: [FW-1] Dual ISP or ISP redundancy feature
From: Sarachai Sangniyom <sarachas AT ITONECO DOT COM>
To: FW-1-MAILINGLIST AT AMADEUS.US.CHECKPOINT DOT COM
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 22:12:50 +0700
Did Stonegate Firewall support ISP redundancy ?


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AMADEUS.US.CHECKPOINT DOT COM] On Behalf Of Reinhard Stich
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 9:57 PM
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Subject: Re: [FW-1] Dual ISP or ISP redundancy feature

At 14:53 23.02.2005, you wrote:
>I don't know exactly how CheckPoint has implemented it's ISP redundancy
>feature but I would bet that it's working a bit like RainConnect or
>LinkProof.

of course, that is what's possible with IP / DNS :-)

>A little bit of NAT for outgoing connexions and some DNS magic for
>incoming connexions with some monitoring of ISP connectivity.

but here it's part of the firewall and not one more product.

but if you want to do professional dual-ISP you should have BGP and your own 
PI-address-range ...

cheers
reinhard

>Richard
>
>  --- Hal Dorsman <hdorsman AT RMEF DOT ORG> a écrit :
> > If someone can answer that, perhaps they can also explain just how
> > Checkpoint does the ISP redundancy?  AFAIK to have true ISP
> > redundancy you have to run BGP and have an autonomous system number
> > and have a router capable of handling EVERY route in the world (ever
> > look at your route table on a BGP router?).  I am just wondering how
> > CP pulls this one off, if in fact that is what they are doing.
> >
> > Hal
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Keshav [mailto:ekanand AT RSI.RAMCO DOT COM]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 8:37 AM
> > > To: FW-1-MAILINGLIST AT AMADEUS.US.CHECKPOINT DOT COM
> > > Subject: [FW-1] Dual ISP or ISP redundancy feature
> > > Importance: High
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Folks ,
> > >
> > > I know checkpoint supports Dual ISP/ ISp
> > redundancy feature
> > > in Red Hat Linux and SPLAT. How about in
> > Nokia,Alteon Switch
> > > Firewall , Solaris and Windows servers ? have any
> > one tested
> > > or running live ?
> > >
> > > Does the pix supports such features as dual isp
> > redundancy ?
> > >
> > > Thanks and Regards,
> > > Keshav,
> > > Technical Consultant,
> > > Information Security Solutions,
> > > Ramco Systems,
> > > Bangalore.
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