firewall/vpns)

Review: Astaro Security Linux

Review: Astaro Security Linux

Astaro's Security Linux 5.1 takes the open source Linux software and hardens it, but also adds commercial software for a complete security package. It comes with six components: firewall, VPN, anti-virus (provided by Kaspersky), content filtering, anti-spam and intrusion prevention.

Christopher Moody May 11 2005 12:00AM Security
Review: Innominate mGuard PCI

Review: Innominate mGuard PCI

Protecting a single PC from harm usually involves installing a software firewall. However, on a server the overhead this causes can be too much, hence Innominate's mGuard PCI firewall, which has its own 266MHz processor and 32MB of RAM. We tested the professional version. There is also an enterprise version with higher specifications and a greatly improved management interface.

Christopher Moody May 11 2005 12:00AM Security
Review: Celestix MSA4000

Review: Celestix MSA4000

While most firewall appliances will run a custom operating system, or secured version of Linux, Celestix has decided to use Microsoft's Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) 2004 Server as the basis for its MSA4000 appliance. It runs Windows Server 2003 using 1GB of RAM and an 80GB hard disk. This, obviously, adds to the price of the appliance.

Christopher Moody May 11 2005 12:00AM Security
Review: Check Point Express

Review: Check Point Express

Think of firewalls and Check Point is inevitably the first name that springs to mind, probably followed by thoughts of huge expense. This is not the case with Check Point Express, which brings high-end firewall technology to mid-sized businesses.

Christopher Moody May 11 2005 12:00AM Security
Review: Corporate Guardian 3

Review: Corporate Guardian 3

SmoothWall's Corporate Guardian 3 is one of the best value firewalls on the market. Just provide your own base PC, and the installation will take care of everything else.

Christopher Moody May 11 2005 12:00AM Security
Review: D-Link DFL-1100

Review: D-Link DFL-1100

For the price, D-Link squeezes a lot of features into its Linux-based DFL-1100 appliance, including a SafeNet PCI VPN accelerator card and four Fast Ethernet ports.

Christopher Moody May 11 2005 12:00AM Security
Review: Kerio ServerFirewall

Review: Kerio ServerFirewall

Servers are often entry points to a network, particularly those that are internet visible. Kerio's ServerFirewall, designed for Microsoft operating systems, is designed to combat that by filtering traffic at the server.

Christopher Moody May 11 2005 12:00AM Security
Review: Kerio WinRoute Firewall

Review: Kerio WinRoute Firewall

Kerio's stateful inspection WinRoute Firewall 6 operates on Windows 2000/XP/2003. After a painless and quick installation and reboot, it is ready to run.

Christopher Moody May 11 2005 12:00AM Security
Review: NetOp Desktop Firewall

Review: NetOp Desktop Firewall

With individual PCs being a high risk factor in a network, a personal firewall is an important consideration, particularly when you have notebooks going in and out of the company. CrossTec's NetOp Desktop Firewall is one choice.

Christopher Moody May 11 2005 12:00AM Security
Review: Symantec Enterprise Firewall

Review: Symantec Enterprise Firewall

Symantec's Enterprise Firewall works with Windows 2000/2003 or Solaris 8/9. We installed it on our Windows Server 2003 machine with two network interfaces (a requirement of the software).

Christopher Moody May 11 2005 12:00AM Security
Review: WatchGuard Firebox X1000

Review: WatchGuard Firebox X1000

WatchGuard's Firebox X range of appliances is designed to cope with the needs of enterprises of all sizes.

Christopher Moody May 11 2005 12:00AM Security
Review: Network Engines NS6300

Review: Network Engines NS6300

Network Engines, along with Celestix and its MSA4000, is the second company in this test to use Microsoft's Internet Security & Acceleration Server in an appliance (see Celestix review for more information).

Christopher Moody May 11 2005 12:00AM Security
Review: SteelGate SG-200

Review: SteelGate SG-200

BorderWare's SteelGate SG-200 runs the company's own firewall, Firewall Server 7.1, running on the S-Core secure operating system. Rather than building an appliance from the ground up, the SG-200 is simply a PC (2GHz Intel Celeron Processor, 512MB RAM and a 40GB hard disk) in a rack-mountable chassis.

Christopher Moody May 11 2005 12:00AM Security
Review: Symantec Gateway Security 5460

Review: Symantec Gateway Security 5460

Symantec's Gateway Security 5460 is the largest, and one of the most powerful, appliances that we have had on test. It has eight Gigabit Ethernet ports, which can be configured to segregate a network or for high availability. The firewall can also be configured to load balance between a cluster, improving performance provided you have the correct license.

Christopher Moody May 11 2005 12:00AM Security
Review: ZyWALL 35

Review: ZyWALL 35

ZyXEL's ZyWall 35 shows that, while small in dimensions, it is not small on features. The front panel of the appliance houses two WAN and four LAN Fast Ethernet ports, while the rear of the device has out-of-band management through it is console port and a PC Card slot, so you can add 802.11g WiFi (see company website for supported cards).

Christopher Moody May 11 2005 12:00AM Security

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