StoneGate
Stonesoft
115 Perimeter Center Place
South Terraces, Suite 1000
Atlanta, Georgia 30346
USA
Phone: 770-668-1125
Fax: 770-668-1131
Email: stone.sales.amer@stonesoft.com
Web URL: http://www.stonesoft.com
Company:
Stonesoft
What are the targets for this firewall product?
Small Office/Home Office (1-10 users), Medium sized office (10-100 users), Large office (hundreds of users), Enterprise-wide (thousands of users).
Is the product designed primarily to allow outbound access with little or no inbound access?
No
Is the product an integrated hardware/software (Black Box) firewall?
No
If hardware is not included, what CPU architectures are supported?
Intel x86, Sun SPARC, Other.
If the user supplies their own operating system, which operating systems are supported?
N/A.
If the product includes or is based upon an general purpose operating system, which operating system?
Linux
Date product first shipped:
June 1 2001
Release date of most current version:
February 15 2002
Release number of most current version:
1.7
Entry level price:
$101-$1000
If the entry level product enforces limits on the number of users (either concurrent or firewall-based user accounts), how many users are supported?
25 users or fewer
Does entry level product include (at no extra cost)
log display tool, report generation tool, VPN support, remote administration.
Administrative interfaces included
edit configuration files, command line interface, point-and-click graphical user interface, Web-browser or Java-based interface.
If remote administration is supported, how is the channel protected?
uses encryption, requires strong authentication (one time passwords).
Includes mechanism for detecting and reporting external scans?
No
If the firewall authenticates users, which methods are supported?
plaintext passwords, Security Dynamics, Radius, TACACS or TACACS+, smart cards, other.
Does the vendor install the firewall at the customer's site?
N/A.
How many months of support are included with the initial purchase?
None
How much does it cost to extend support beyond the initial period?
13% or more
What forms of support are included based on the listed prices?
Telephone support, Email support, Web-based support.
Does support include periodic updates?
Yes, new releases and automatic distribution of patches as often as necessary
If the product is installed over a customer-installed operating system, how is the operating system 'hardened'?
N/A.
If the operating system is provided by the vendor, what changes are made to it?
Network services disabled, Network parameters changed (eg forwarding of source routed packets disabled), Network stack (TCP/IP) replaced, Other OS modules replaced, Special provisions for security to implement Trusted Environment.
Does the product include support for VPN?
Yes
Has the product been proven to work with other VPN products?
IPSEC clients, Proven IPSEC compatibility with other products.
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?
HTTP (Web), HTTP with user authentication, SSL, TELNET, FTP, SMTP (email), SMTP with additional features (e.g., address rewriting, filtering MIME types), Oracle.
Additional services provided on the firewall:
other.
Can the firewall be integrated with network Intrusion Detection products?
Yes
If network ID integration is possible, which products does the firewall support?
Other.
Can the firewall be integrated with virus scanning products?
Yes
Vendor Comments:
The first firewall and VPN solution offering high security, high performance and availability, featuring an embedded OS for increased security, multiple ISP and VPN load balancing to ensure continuous network connectivity and advanced centralized administration tools for enterprise -wide management of the firewall infrastructure .