@scottalanmiller said:

@jevans said:

@scottalanmiller said:

Back from the weekend in Cádiz and getting back into the groove of things.

Is it like one big vacation there in Spain? At least for now, until it becomes common place to just be surrounded by beauty.

That's why I'm spending the summer in Panama, fall in another part of Spain, winter in Argentina and spring in Chile! No chance to get board.

Dang! Yeah, I'm summering in Portland, Oregon, in the fall... staying Portland and then when winter comes... staying in Portland.

My company is working on dropping our "MPLS" provider, and I use the"MPLS" loosely, and manage our own equipment and establish VPN connections to our data center using a USG Pro 4 at all 14 of our branches. We have on average 4-6 employees at each branch. They use thin clients to remote into a server in our DC to do all of their daily work. I have had a USG connected at two of our locations and at my home office for over a year. I was planning to install a USG at the data center and then use the built-in VPN connection between USGs to set up all of our branches. I thought this was a great idea until the Rep from our DC called and said that it is not secure enough and that we need a UTM. This just about sank my entire plan but I'm a bit skeptical about his answer. Is this guy right, that they won't work and cause a huge security risk to our company or does he not know what he is talking about. Also, if he does know what he is talking about is there an inexpensive way to mitigate that weakness and still use the USGs? For a bit more info, we would be sending out all internet traffic locally from the branch and all other traffic would go through the VPN Tunnel to the DC.

Thank you in advance,
Jevans

@scottalanmiller said:

Booked our cruise that takes us from Argentina to Chile three days ago. Will be my first cruise. Can't wait to sail all of the way around South America!

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He said that I should get Juniper or Fortigate. Then he told me that they could put together a package for Fortigate because that is what the DC uses. So I do feel like he is promoting their equipment and management services. Thankfully, we plan on dropping the DC in a few years because we won't need the services they provide by then. So I really started to feel the pressure when I was told the USGs would not work. With that said, this Rep did mention two things I was not familiar with, I"m still learning. He said the IPS would block one set of attacks but that it couldn't block others and those "others" are a big threat right now. When I remember I'll post.

It's a daunting task, but if I don't do it then the world could be over run with Portland micro brews. I must drink to save humanity!

@scottalanmiller said in USG Pro 4 and our Company Security:

I'd be calling the head of the company

You know after hearing all of you talk about this really sheds some light on what has been going on with the DC. When we first signed with them we were taken care of. We liked the people we worked with. Then over the last year, almost all of the people we worked with at the start left or got fired. Our current rep said that they didn't like the way the company was going. Now I know why because it was going the wrong way.

@MattSpeller I was living in Kansas City before I moved out here about 7 years ago. I was drinking Boulavard beer. It was good, but then my eyes were opened up to Youtube Video

I just wish I could convince our CEO to have beer on tap here at our Corporate office. I think that would make the office a more lively and enjoyable place to work.

Thank you Scott, and everyone. This was exactly what I needed. I felt something was not right and I was starting to question myself. Now I have what I need to formulate a plan and present it to our CEO so that we can stay the course with the initial plan using the USGs.

One other question I had about the USG. I see the specs for the USG Pro 4 should be able to handle all of our branches traffic but will it slow things down? Should I think about placing an XG at the DC to handle all 60-70 users or will the Pro 4 handle it just fine?

I may not be much help, but we went from a huge house to a 2 bedroom condo and it has been great. Not having to deal with yard work has been a big plus. However, I would suggest a condo where your neighbors are on either side of you, not on top. We have had at least 3 instances where water has rained down from our ceiling because of our neighbor. Also, you might want to visit the condo when you know the neighbors are home so that you can listen to the noise level.