Zyxel ZyWall USG100 Brings Unified Threat Management - A Closer Look at the USG100
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Zyxel is positioning the USG100
as a comprehensive security appliance for offices with up to 25 users. That
clearly places the unit in the small business realm, a market saddled by many
challenges. Small businesses have some unique needs centered on affordability
and ease of use. What's more, small businesses need access to the same level of
security that is commonly available to enterprises, just without the
complexity. Zyxel has recognized those needs and has built the USG100
from the ground up to service the small business market, taking a different
approach than many other vendors that "dumb down" their enterprise
offerings to serve the small business market.
The USG100 offers a
feature set that includes:
- ICSA-certified firewall (rated at 100M bps)
- Anti-virus: ( ICSA-certified Zyxel Anti-Virus and Kaspersky Lab)
- Intrusion detection and prevention
- VPN (ICSA-certified IPSec , SSL, L2TP, up
to 50 tunnels); two licenses included.
- Instant messaging and peer-to-peer management
- Anti-spam
- User-aware configuration and policy engine
- Bandwidth management and traffic prioritization
- Multiple ISP link support for high availability and redundancy
- Content filtering
- Support for 3G wireless networks (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access and
Evolution Data Optimized)
The physical device sports two USB
ports, two 10/100/1000 Ethernet WAN ports, five 10/100/1000 Ethernet LAN
ports, a serial port (for dial-up modems), an RS232 console port and a PCCard
port for PCMCIA-based communications cards. The unit includes brackets for
rack-mounting and a 12-volt external power brick.
