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npaulo_213434
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Nov 05, 2015

AFM perimeter firewall?

Hi everyone,   For what I can see, AFM at least starting on version 12 can act and be configured as a network firewall with rules permitting or denying traffic with a source and destination, in sp...
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Jinshu
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Dec 01, 2015

Hi,

 

Personally i dont recommend AFM as a perimeter firewall because it lacks a lot of features as a firewall. It cant compete with Cisco/Checkpoint/Juniper/palo etc. Management is really a big pain.

 

-Jinshu

 

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