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SonicWall Brings Next Generation Unified Threat Management to the SMB Market.

When it comes to the NSA 240 from SonicWall, perhaps the question should be “what doesn’t it do?” Built upon  the idea that all network traffic needs to be monitored and validated, the NSA relies on Re-Assembly Free Deep Packet Inspection (RFDPI) to provide Intrusion Protection, Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware, Content Filtering, and Application Management in a […]

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Frank Ohlhorst
Oct 17, 2008
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When it comes to the NSA 240 from SonicWall, perhaps the question should be “what doesn’t it do?” Built upon  the
idea that all network traffic needs to be monitored and validated, the
NSA relies on Re-Assembly Free Deep Packet Inspection (RFDPI) to
provide Intrusion Protection, Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware, Content
Filtering, and Application Management in a single, affordable desktop
appliance.

 

While
UTM appliances are nothing new to the SMB market, the NSA 240 brings
capabilities and a feature set not found in other devices. For example,
the NSA 240 includes support for 3G wireless networking cards via a PC
card slot in the device. That allows wireless broadband to be used for
connectivity – where wired connections do not exist. 3G networking can
also be used for fail over and traffic bonding. For some remote
locations, such as construction job sites or undeveloped areas, the
inclusion of 3G support is a must-have, bringing Internet connectivity
to areas where none existed before.

 

Of
course, other solutions exist that allow 3G wireless networks to be
created, but none offer the integrated UTM capability, along with VPN
support and all of the security features found in the NSA 240.

 

The product offers a very robust feature set and includes:


–        Deep Packet Inspection Firewall.

–        Gateway anti-virus, anti-spyware, intrusion prevention, and application firewall for perimeter and internal protection.

–        Application Firewall, business application prioritization and QoS.

–        2-core
Architecture that supports 600 Mbps Stateful Packet Inspection
Firewall, 150 Mbps 3DES and AES VPN Throughput, 110 Mbps Full Unified
Threat Management (UTM) Inspection.

–        Three (3) 10/100/1000 Copper Gigabit Ethernet and six (6) 10/100 FastEthernet interfaces

–        Automated and Dynamic Security Updates.

–        Stateful Active/Passive Failover, ISP Failover, and WAN Redundancy

–         802.1q VLAN or SonicWALL PortShield Segmentation

–         Integrated Network Security Policy and Management.

 

 
 

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