Astaro Security Gateway
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Nice GUI, but not without problems
(I evaluated / tested this appliance but did not deploy it)
It has a bunch of cool functionality, like IDS etc. And will probably be useful for non-technically inclined small businesses (do any small companies really have time to worry about content filtering and IDS?) Streaming media like netflix and amazon videos are plagued with frequent buffering problems. Probably not a big deal for some users, but a firewall that has problems passing packets doesn't rate very high in my book. Support forums show this has been a problem for several versions. It's not worth the time to troubleshoot when it takes just a couple of minutes to have a different virtual firewall up and running.
Great Firewall
(I have deployed this appliance)
For those of you who think that this is not free, yes for business use it is not free, however they are now offering a business free use model as well. However for home users they offer a home use license that will cover 50 IPs in your home for free. This firewall is awesome and the daily, weekly and monthly reports are stellar.
Not Free
(I evaluated / tested this appliance but did not deploy it)
I'm really tired of seeing virtual appliances in here listed for free when they're just demos. This is misleading and a huge waste of time for the people who attempt to test what they think is a free product. Please update this to reflect pricing.
Very successful product, it is worth promoting
(I evaluated / tested this appliance but did not deploy it)
Very successful product, it is worth promoting.
5 Stars - A Must Have!
(I have deployed this appliance)
Both from a business and home use perspective the Astaro appliance is the best I've ever had the pleasure of using. The system is very robust and feature rich. We have deployed and used Barracuda Spam Firewall, Sonicwall, Cisco PIX and Iprism appliances over the years and none of them even came close to the Astaro appliance.
