Astaro and Community:
I saw the announcement on distrowatch that Astaro had released 7.1 and grew excited. I've been anticipating this day for quite a while after struggling with v6.3-v7.0.
Boy was I disappointed.
Once again, Astaro's performance continues to suck. The HTTP proxy is virtually useless, OSPF routing is buggy at best (specifically digest issues), and the content filter continues to be a pain in the a$$. [:@]
I had high hopes. I just got into a position with my company that I thought about contacting Astaro about a possible resell opportunity since my clients are always asking me about security solutions and my opinion. My answer has always been, "Take a look at Astaro but check other vendors." That has now changed -- it's now, ".. check other vendors and forget about Astaro." [H]
I'm sorry.. but my trust has been violated too many times. There are other fish in the sea that provide better service, better performance, and better relationships with the open source community that Astaro derives the bulk of their functionality from.
Guys; you have the opportunity to change this -- HTTP is the bulk of what your customers are focused on. If your client's can't have their workers access websites at a decent clip and have content filtering (forget virus protection!! It belongs on the damn workstation ANYHOW) you're product is virtually worthless. It's the largest damn protocol used on the Internet besides FTP. Focus on it for a while.. [:(]
This is a sad day that I have to recommend MS ISA 2006 and MS Forefront over Astaro (although not my first choice by any means of the stretch). It's been a fun ride.. good luck! [H]
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