I am currently using BM as my gateway for services (mail,web server etc) and
VPN
This BM is NOT used for browsing OUT

Is there anything else that can replace it with minimal management overhead
(appliance?) for same tasks in Novell eDirectory network

Thanks

Seb

In article <gg3Ek.10383$gS5.5027@kovat.provo.novell.com>, Sebastian Cerazy
wrote:
> Is there anything else that can replace it with minimal management overhead
> (appliance?) for same tasks in Novell eDirectory network
>
So, you are looking for something to do routing, filtering, nat and VPN? Of
those, only VPN sounds like a candidate for some sort of eDirectory control,
perhaps through LDAP authentication.

I don't know if the Astaro product has VPN authentication to an LDAP
directory, but I would start by looking there.

Craig Johnson
Novell Support Connection SysOp
*** For a current patch list, tips, handy files and books on
BorderManager, go to http://www.craigjconsulting.com ***

In fact it does in the base product.
Seems to be the only product that is easy to deploy

Seb

"Craig Johnson" <craigsj@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:VA.00004046.01947a14@ix.netcom.com...
> In article <gg3Ek.10383$gS5.5027@kovat.provo.novell.com>, Sebastian Cerazy
> wrote:
>> Is there anything else that can replace it with minimal management
>> overhead
>> (appliance?) for same tasks in Novell eDirectory network
>>
> So, you are looking for something to do routing, filtering, nat and VPN?
> Of
> those, only VPN sounds like a candidate for some sort of eDirectory
> control,
> perhaps through LDAP authentication.
>
> I don't know if the Astaro product has VPN authentication to an LDAP
> directory, but I would start by looking there.
>
> Craig Johnson
> Novell Support Connection SysOp
> *** For a current patch list, tips, handy files and books on
> BorderManager, go to http://www.craigjconsulting.com ***
>

In article <cUkFk.11556$gS5.7200@kovat.provo.novell.com>, Sebastian
Cerazy wrote:
> Seems to be the only product that is easy to deploy
>
Depends on what you want it to do, and your familiarity with it. Some
years back, when I was working with NSM (and doing BrainShare
presentations on migrating from BM to NSM), I got somewhat frustrated
in the differences between how BM did things and how NSM did things.
Things that were strengths in BM were weaknesses in NSM and vice-versa.
I eventually concluded that NSM came close to BM in the BM
capabilities, but it did not match BM. (NSM also offered things BM
could not do). Bottom line was that if you were a BM user and making
use of many of the options, or some options in particular, NSM was not
a perfect fit, and you would have had to change or give something up to
migrate. If you were starting from scratch, NSM/Astaro was an easier
proposition.

Craig Johnson
Novell Support Connection SysOp
*** For a current patch list, tips, handy files and books on
BorderManager, go to http://www.craigjconsulting.com ***

Isn't NSM a dead product?

I mean Astaro Security Gateway (now at version 7)

Yes, they are doing same/simmilar job, but as you said ASG is much
easier to setup

Seb


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