Just landed a new job as the Astaro Product Speciliast for a large distributor here in the uk.

Can anyone help me out here? Has anyone had any exposure to Astaro Software or Hardware (appliance) firewalls??

Its got Snort doing the Intrusion Protection
A Cobion Web Filtering Database
And Gateway-Antivirus not sure what vendor

Looks like fantastic kit to me and very reasonable in terms of pricing.
Very soon it will be ICSA certified and going for EAL4+ common criteria badge in Europe.

Apparently Novell Security Manager is actually re-badged Astaro kit, so if any of you guys have had experience with that then you've had experience with Astaro.

Look forward to loads of replies!! Seriously anything you could tell me whether it be commercial or technical or just opinions would be greatly received.

Thanks Guys n Gals

VICE