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Company:
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Astaro Corporation |
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What are the targets for this firewall product?
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Small Office/Home Office (1-10 users), Medium sized office (10-100 users), Large office (hundreds of users), Enterprise-wide (thousands of users). |
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Is the product designed primarily to allow outbound access with little or no inbound access?
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No |
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Is the product an integrated hardware/software (Black Box) firewall?
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No |
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If hardware is not included, what CPU architectures are supported?
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Intel x86. |
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If the user supplies their own operating system, which operating systems are supported?
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Linux. |
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If the product includes or is based upon an general purpose operating system, which operating system?
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Linux |
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Date product first shipped:
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June 15 2000 |
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Release date of most current version:
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September 4 2001 |
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Release number of most current version:
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2.0 |
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Entry level price:
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$101-$1000 |
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If the entry level product enforces limits on the number of users (either concurrent or firewall-based user accounts), how many users are supported?
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25 users or fewer |
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Does entry level product include (at no extra cost)
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log display tool, report generation tool, VPN support, remote administration. |
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Administrative interfaces included
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Web-browser or Java-based interface. |
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If remote administration is supported, how is the channel protected?
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uses a separate serial line or other link, not over defended networks, uses encryption, requires strong authentication (one time passwords). |
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Includes mechanism for detecting and reporting external scans?
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Yes |
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If the firewall authenticates users, which methods are supported?
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Radius, other. |
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Does the vendor install the firewall at the customer's site?
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On site installation available at extra cost. |
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How many months of support are included with the initial purchase?
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Up to one year |
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How much does it cost to extend support beyond the initial period?
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13% or more |
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What forms of support are included based on the listed prices?
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Email support, Web-based support. |
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Does support include periodic updates?
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Yes, new releases and automatic distribution of patches as often as necessary |
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If the product is installed over a customer-installed operating system, how is the operating system 'hardened'?
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Other OS modules replaced. |
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If the operating system is provided by the vendor, what changes are made to it?
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Other OS modules replaced. |
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Does the product include support for VPN?
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Yes |
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Has the product been proven to work with other VPN products?
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Microsoft PPTP, IPSEC clients, Proven IPSEC compatibility with other products, L2TP clients. |
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If the product includes application gateways (programs that receive client connections, process client requests as if it were a server, and process responses from the real server before passing the responses to the client, checking for security vulnerabilities), which protocols are supported?
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HTTP (Web), HTTP with user authentication, SSL, TELNET, FTP, SMTP (email), SMTP with additional features (e.g., address rewriting, filtering MIME types), Real Media, Oracle, X11, SSH. |
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Additional services provided on the firewall:
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traceroute, ping. |
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Can the firewall be integrated with network Intrusion Detection products?
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Yes |
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If network ID integration is possible, which products does the firewall support?
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Snort. |
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Can the firewall be integrated with virus scanning products?
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Yes |
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Vendor Comments:
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Based in Pinneberg, Germany with offices in Boston, Astaro has developed an all-in-one Swiss Army knife approach to firewalls and VPN security. The company_s Astaro Security Linux software-only firewall/VPN product combines stateful packet inspection, VPN functionality for IPSec or PPTP, e-mail virus protection, anti-spoofing, content filtering via application-level proxies, and remote Web management, reporting and traffic accounting. Already 100,000 trial copies have been downloaded, resulting in 10,000 active customers from 60 countries. Astaro Security Linux is available for as low as $350 for a 25-user license. For more information visit www.astaro.com. |