StoneGate security appliances help blend the need for in-depth network security and end-to-end availability into a unified and centrally manageable system for distributed enterprises. StoneGate FW/VPN appliances are used to protect network perimeters and internal network segments and to provide business continuity.
StoneGate Firewall/VPN provides latest technology for perimeter defense. StoneGate's Multi-Layer Inspection allows the firewall to act as a packet filter, perform stateful inspection or application-level firewall, using whichever method that makes the most sense on a rule-by-rule basis. StoneGate Firewall provides also a flexible yet secure way to establish VPN connectivity office to office and office to mobile user.
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Key Features
- High-Availability for Firewall. Set up a clustered environment out of the box without third-party solutions. Drop-in Firewall Clustering Technology allows you to "Drop" a cluster into the network environment without having to reconfigure existing switches or routers.
- High-Availability for Business Servers. Server load sharing and health monitoring intelligence for server pools ensures availability and performance of business services.
- High-Availability for Internet Connections. Stonesoft's unique patented Multi-Link Technology offers multiple parallel Internet connections and VPN connections across multiple ISP lines. Multi-Link VPN adds transparent failover to VPN tunnels, offering an advantage over other firewall/VPN combinations.
Security Engine Clustering and Load Balancing
StoneGate Firewalls and IPS sensors have built-in clustering and load balancing that removes the need for third-party clustering solutions.
Clustering ensures high availability of the security engines, thus allowing uninterrupted operations during system maintenance and updates.
- Scale up the VPN performance of a firewall solution and the throughput of an IPS solution
- Eliminate the risk of downtime
- Cluster up to 16 nodes to function as a single security engine
StoneGate's built-in load balancing capabilities allow security engines to dynamically balance connections between cluster nodes, transparently transfering connections to available nodes in case a node becomes overloaded or fails. The way the load balancing is designed allows using engine nodes with different hardware in the cluster.
The clustering and load-balancing technologies in StoneGate security engine have evolved from Stonesoft's StoneBeat products.
Server Load Balancing
When you have servers hosting services (Web, file, print, etc.) that need to be available at any given time, it is essential to monitor the health and availability of those servers and be able to direct traffic accordingly.
StoneGate Firewall includes built-in server load balancing for the servers your firewall is protecting.
StoneGate can monitor the servers and automatically perform corrective actions on a problematic server and move traffic over to healthy servers. This also means that maintenance functions can be done during business hours, making administration easier.
Now you can extend the end-to-end availability from Internet connectivity and firewall availability all the way to service availability.
Stonegate Server Load Balancing Datasheet
StoneGate Multi-Link
StoneGate Multi-Link™ is the ideal solution for companies around the globe requiring always-on Internet connectivity.
StoneGate Multi-Link™ allows companies to work with any type of Internet connections including affordable Internet or enterprise-based connections to ensure resilient connectivity clusters.
StoneGate Multi-Link´s smart load-sharing functionality ensures high availability, the fastest connection possible and significant savings thanks to reduced monthly costs and maintenance without downtime. StoneGate Multi-Link™ can easily and cost-efficiently add bandwidth as needed.
Your 30-day free trial includes
- A fully functional StoneGate product (only software)
- Access to product downloads
- Free technical support
- No financial obligations
OR we can supply an evaluation Firewall / VPN appliance as shown below for 14 days with a qualified engineer to help with the setup for free
Stonegate Firewall/VPN Models
FW-100
- Firewall Throughput: 50 MB-Sec
- Integrated ADSL2/ADSL2+ modem
- WLAN and 4 x Ethernet 10/100
FW-300
- Firewall Throughput: 100 MB-Sec
- Number of Interfaces: 4
- VPN (MB/Sec): 50
- Connections: 750
FW-1020 / 1050 / 1200
- Firewall Throughput: 400 MB-Sec / 800 MB-Sec / 2 GB-Sec
- Number of Interfaces: 4 / 8 / 8*
- VPN (MB/Sec): 150 / 150 / 400
- Connections: 3,000 / 3,000 / 15,000
FW-5000 / 5100
- Firewall Throughput: 4 GB-Sec / 10 GB-Sec
- Number of Interfaces: 22 - 14* / 18*
- VPN (MB/Sec): 500 / 800
- Connections: 50,000 / 50,000
* Appliances are available with various interface combinations. The maximum number of interfaces may vary according to copper/fiber configuration.
Companies have avoided multi-homing (connecting to multiple ISPs, generally for redundancy) because of the challenges of implementing Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), but the Stonegate Firewalls take away the problem
Virtual Private Network Consortium (VPNC)
Better known as VPNC. VPNC is the international trade association for manufacturers in the VPN market.
VPNC issues logos for interoperability to VPNC member products which have successfully completed the testing.
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