need to get some checkpoint experience...

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hi there,

ok so as far as firewall experience goes i'm a juniper netscreen guy... but i'm now looking for new employment and there isn't a huge amount of work around here. i've been taught by way of principles, so believe that picking up and running with pix and checkpoint ought to be fairly straightforward.

i've managed to snag a pix 515e running v6.x code with an extra fast ethernet card installed, which whilst not exactly the newest piece of kit available, it still seems to support a decent amount of stuff, and i think it is worth learning... plus it hasn't cost me anything either, so result!

so, onto checkpoint... been checking out the bay and there are some 'nokia ip330 firewall checkpoint ipso' available for much cheapness. they are advertised as 'returned to factory defaults'. i've contacted the guy to find out a bit more about them...

...but thought someone on here may be able to offer some advice too.

many thanks.
 
ok, so i probably should have added that i have no way of getting hold of any hardware + os + checkpoint unless i buy it all together... and i dont have a huge amount of cash to chuck at this, trying to do it as cheaply as possible... hence being interested in this item which seemed to offer it all...
 
hi there,

thanks for the *very* informative response! :) :)

what do i need to do in terms of setting up a management server? or is this info in the doc cd?

in terms of netscreen i've used nsm before - so firewall > nsm > client running on my workstation. is checkpoint similar?

many thanks.
 
nsm was installed a consultant...i am, for the time being, a linux noob! one of the guys in the office is rhce though, so i'm sure i'll manage to muddle through!
 
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