BUILDING AND MANAGING VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKS

VPN-CAPABLE FIREWALLS: 
 
Product (Company) AIX Firewall (IBM) BorderGuard (StorageTek) BorderWare Firewall Server (Secure Computing) Eagle (Raptor) Firebox II (Watchguard Technologies) Firewall-1 (Check Point Software) Gauntlet (Network Associates) Mobile VPN (Aventail) PERMIT 2505, 4504 (TimeStep) PIX Firewall (Cisco) Proxy Server (Microsoft) SecurIT FIREWALL (Milkyway) SmartWall (V-One Corp.) Sunscreen EFS (Sun Microsystems)
Price $4,495-$16,495 $3,000 + $4,000-$13,000 $6,500+ $4,995 $18,990 $11,500 (50-250 users) $4,995 -$11,995 $4,995-$10,995 $9,000 (64 connections) $15,000 (256 connections) $995 $1,900 - $14,500 $20,000 + $4,995
Platforms - server AIX, OS/2, Windows NT N/A Unix Windows NT 4.0, Solaris, Unix Windows 95, NT, Linux AIX, DEC Unix, HP-UX, Solaris, Windows 95, NT BSDI, Solaris, HP-UX, Windows NT Windows NT, Solaris, AIX, IRIX, BSD/OS, Linux, ScO OpenServer N/A N/A Windows NT Suns/OS HP-UX, Solaris, Windows NT, BSDI Solaris, Windows 95
Platforms - remote access Windows 95, NT, OS/2 Warp Windows 95, NT Windows NT, DOS, Unix Windows 3.11, Windows 95, NT Windows 95, NT Windows 95 Windows 95, NT Windows 3.x, Windows 95, NT, Solaris, Linux, BSD/OS, IRIX, SCO OpenServer Windows 95 - Windows 95, NT Solaris, SUn/OS, Windows 95, NT Windows 3.x, 95, NT, Mac Solaris, Windows 95, NT
Tunneling protocol IPSec, L2TP proprietary IPSec IPSec, swIPe IPSec, PPTP PPTP, L2TP, L2F swIPe, IPSec SOCKS 5.0, PPTP, IPSec PPTP, L2TP, L2F IPSec (ESP) PPTP IPSec PPTP SKIP
Protocols supported IP, IPX IP IP TCP, UDP, ICMP TCP, UDP IP TCP, UDP, ICMP TCP, UDP TCP, UDP TCP, UDP TCP, UDP TCP, UDP TCP, UDP TCP, UDP
Encryption type IPSec, DES, CDMF IDEA, NSC1, DES, Triple Des DES, Triple DES, RC4 DES, Triple DES, RC2, IPSec AH RC4 (40-bit or 128-bit) DES, Triple DES, IPSec, FWZ-1 56-bit DES DES, Triple DES, MD4, MD5, SHA-1, RC4 DES, Triple DES, IPSec, FWZ-1 DES MPPE, PPP CAST, MD2, MD5, DES DES, Triple DES, RSA RC2, RC4, DES, Triple DES, 128-bit SAFER CBC
User authentication - software or hardware tokens CryptoCard, SecurID, S/Key S/Key, NT Domain, RADIUS, TACACS+, Cryptocard, SecurID, Assurenet CHAP S/Key, SecurID, Axent - Username & password, CHAP, RADIUS, SecurID, SSL S/Key, SecurID, Axent RADIUS, TACACS+ RADIUS Username & password, group ID Smart cards, Fortezza SKIP, Password, SecurID
Access controls Source, destination, protocol, IP address, port, user, time Source, destination, IP address, service, user, time Source, destination, protocol, user, port, time Source, destination, IP address, service LAN segment Source, destination, service, user, time User group, service group, IP address, host name Source, destination, IP address, application or service, user identity Source, destination, service, user, time RADIUS, TACACS+ IP address, source, destination Source, destination, IP address, user identity, application type, time of access Destination host name, port, URL, IP address Source, destination, IP address, application
User management integration - - - Firewall users, NT user domains NT User domains RADIUS NT Domains NT User domains, Unix password files, SecurID, RADIUS, NDS RADIUS NT user domain, LDAP, RADIUS NT User domains LDAP, X.500 - Unix password, SecurID
Key management Manual, proprietary Proprietary Manual Proprietary Manual IKE, SKIP, FWZ, Manual IPSec IKE RSA B-Safe IKE, SKIP, FWZ, Manual IPSec Manual N/A Entrust Manual SKIP
# tunnels supported - - - Unlimited 64 - 99 trusted links Unlimited - 256 - not given - -
# nodes supported - - - Unlimited Unlimited - Unlimited Unlimited - - - not given - -
Remote management Yes Yes Yes - Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes - Yes
Certificates - - - - - Yes Yes No - - No X.509 X.509 No
Remote access client Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
NAT Yes - Yes - - Yes Yes - - Yes - - Yes Yes
Product type software software software software firewall applicance software software software firewall appliance hardware software software software software
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ISBN 0-471-16519-0
383pages
November, 1996

 

Wiley Computer Publishing
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