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All-in-One Network Security Appliances: Page 2 of 3

  • It must have a WAN link speed of 100 Mbps or less. The physical interface must be Ethernet/Fast Ethernet with an RJ-45 connector.
  • It must be a single device and cannot require multiple devices to provide the features.
  • It should be targeted at small to midsize businesses or remote offices.

We will be judging products based on the following criteria:

Management and Logging Testing
In testing the products, we will assess the management interface and processes, including configuration, logging and alerting methods, the detail of the logging, log export mechanisms and log viewer features. Because small organizations with limited IT support are intended to set up and use these types of devices, the management interface assessment will be weighted heavily in our final analysis.

VPN Client and Interoperability Testing

In testing the devices' VPN functionality we will configure them to run both with your VPN client as well as in tunnel mode to another VPN device. This will allow us to assess both the client configuration process and how well the device interoperates with other VPN devices.

Firewall, IDS, AV and CF Implementation Effectiveness
We will send a number of attacks/viruses (using IxAttack as well as some in-house developed scripts) to the device to determine how well the attacks/viruses are detected, logged, denied or contained.