I have it and have been running it for about 2 months now on my Pipeline 75. Once you figure out how to get it going it's actually quite easy. And it works period, I may whine and groan about MAX 4000 OS issues, But I've never had a problem with my Secure Access Firewall software. It works plain and simple. Jason Nealis Erols Internet On Sat, 24 May 1997, Gil Kloepfer Jr. wrote: > Does anyone out there have Ascend's Secure Access Firewall product, > and what are your opinions of it? > > Specifically, what I'm looking for are *technical* opinions about the > product (I will be using it on a Pipeline-50, with the switch): > > Does it enhance/hinder the router's performance at all? > > Have you found a way to perform configuration under UNIX, > rather than with Ascend's Secure Access Manager? > > Have you run into any problems such as exceeding the limits > on the number of states (connections) the router can keep track > of, or exceeding the amount of firewall information that can be > stored in memory? (If so, would you provide specifics.) > > Are there any services (like RealAudio or the like) that you want > to be able to use, but now can't due to a firewall limitation? > > I intend to use the secure access firewall as a firewall for my > Internet connection ("Perm/Switched" type of connection). > > I have seriously considered purchasing this product, but am reluctant > to do so until I have gotten some feedback from folks who have used > it in a real-world environment on a Pipeline-50. My biggest complaint > so far is that it's ONLY configurable through a MS-windows-based GUI > tool. This also appears to be Ascend's direction in general, and I > hope they don't forget about the large base of users out here that > are still using UNIX in a command-line or configuration-file type mode. > I won't be able to reconfigure the router *remotely* from Windows-95 > easily... > > Thanks in advance for any help. Please respond to the list unless > you wish to keep your reply private. > > Gil Kloepfer ... ngk@gc2.kloepfer.org > ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ > To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com > To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.shore.net/~dreaming/ascend-faq">http://www.shore.net/~dreaming/ascend-faq</A>> > or <<A HREF="ftp://ftp.shore.net/members/dreaming/ascend-faq.txt">ftp://ftp.shore.net/members/dreaming/ascend-faq.txt</A>> > ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.shore.net/~dreaming/ascend-faq">http://www.shore.net/~dreaming/ascend-faq</A>> or <<A HREF="ftp://ftp.shore.net/members/dreaming/ascend-faq.txt">ftp://ftp.shore.net/members/dreaming/ascend-faq.txt</A>> </PRE> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <HR> <STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg05071.html">(ASCEND) Anyone have secure access firewall?</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: "Gil Kloepfer Jr." <ngk@gc2.kloepfer.org></LI> </UL> </UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <HR> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg05073.html">RE: (ASCEND) Max stacking how good is it!</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg05071.html">(ASCEND) Anyone have secure access firewall?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg05071.html">(ASCEND) Anyone have secure access firewall?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg05084.html">Re: (ASCEND) Anyone have secure access firewall?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="mail153.html#05072"><STRONG>Main</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thrd24.html#05072"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> </BODY> </HTML>