Welcome the Hardware Firewall Information Guide - Part: Symantec Hardware Firewalls:

At first, Symantec is a leading security company famous for their software products like the Norton series or the remote management tool pcAnywhere.

Symantec was founded in 1982 and is one of the first companies in the security market with round about 6000 employes at the moment. Symantec provides best-of-breed security solutions for all tiers of a network - at the gateways between the network and the outside world, at the servers that act as the network's vital organs, and at end-user devices including desktop PCs, laptops and handhelds.
If you want to buy a Symantec hardware firewall, you need first to decide which kind of business you have and how much you want to spend in your security. Symantec offers a wide range of firewall and anti-virus products, from a personal software firewall up to an enterprise firewall solution for companies which have more than 5000 employes.

So we start with the personal firewall solution by Symantec:
The personal firewall is normaly a software firewall called "Norton Personal Firewall" it is enough security for a private household without any high sensitive files or connections.
I dont want to bacchanal more on the personal firewall topic, because you are on hardware-firewall.info! :)
You will find more information about the "Norton Personal Firewall" on the Symantec page.

The next part is the small business solution by Symantec:
The small business solution is a cheap hardware box, which comes with enough power to protect your small business or your personal pc against the default attacks from the web. It also allows to connect through a secure connection to your company, called "SoHo" (Small Office/Home Office) and mostly realize with a VPN (Virtual Private Network) tunnel connection.
For this case, Symantec offers the SFVA series. The SFVA series are made for people with the following problems:

  • Need to improve security at smaller offices
  • Have a new office location (found a new branch office in a new country)
  • Want to leverage the Internet at my smaller offices, such as Remote or Branch offices, to grow my business
  • Need to protect assets at my smaller offices from potential internal transgressions
  • Want to buy from a vendor with credibility
  • Fear the RISE in hacking!
  • Teleworker or mobile working?
SFVA means symantec Firewall/VPN Appliance - the SoHo hardware firewall solution with additional features like:
  • IP Sharing/DHCP Server
  • 10/100 Autosense switch
  • IPsec compatible
  • Automatic dial-up backup
  • Load balancing built in (model 200) or remote management
The SFVA series are a cheap firewall solution in reason you dont get any hard user limit, so you dont need to purchase more licenses every time you add more users.
The managing console is web based and easy to use.
The list price is from $499 up to $1200 and inculde automaticly the silver support option which means:
  • Telephone support -> 90-days for initial Internet connectivity, local business hours
  • Hot fixes & Firmware Upgrades from the Symantec web site.
  • Hardware Warranty (one year)
  • Knowledge Base on the symantec web sites.
For more informations about the Symantec hardware firewall for SMB take a look on the Symantec page.

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