hi,
i would like to ask some questions about the astaro Firewall+VPN-Box. i am working for a belgian company. we are "someway" close to the defence industry (i don't like to say more here). for my opinion the astaro would makes things a lot easier for us (one box fits a lot of needs). but my CTO and my CSO think different. so i need some information to convince them ...
so my questions are:
* which linux distribution do astaro use for all the basics? in which version?
is it someway hardened?
* does astaro use opensource software or are there some self developed
parts in it? i need to know that for: nameserver, web- and mailproxy,
logging, reporting, the MTA, IDS/IPS, spam-protection, antivirus, firewall
(iptables) and of course for every other sensitive part.
* does astaro know any kind of dynamic routing? (maybe i can replace some
ciscos). dynamic routing i am thinking of OSPF and BGP.
* is high-availability easy to use (working with VRRP) or do i need a
loadbalancer or something else?
* for firewalling. is there any kind of application or circuit level gateway
functionality inside? or is astaro a packet filter with some application
intellegence (like checkpoints or cisco)? with circuit/application level
gatewaying i am thinking on a real proxy like inside the mcaffee firewall
(sidewinder) ... a real IP-termination up to OSI-layer 4.
* i need also some side-2-side VPN connection. is it IPsec that astaro uses?
what implementation do they use? freeswan? can i connect traveling users
easy?
* i also need some government clearance for our encrypted traffic. right
know we use thales-boxes. does astaro have some kind of EU-clearance?
are there any plans for that?
* because of our government closeness i am interested in certification. i read
the forum already a bit. why does astaro "just" have EAL2 and what is the
background for the corporation with secuwall? on the BSI homepage i
found evaluations for the astaro-box and the secuwall (EAL4). will there be
a difference between those 2 systems or doesn't it matter if i buy
something the astaro or the other system, because they're the same?
i know that some questions can be researched by looking into data sheets. but i'd like to know if it really works and how.
so i hope you guys can help me. i really don't like some salesman visiting me (anoying people with no real knowledge) and the web is just filled with marketing stuff ;-)
cheers and thanks in advance
peter
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