'All-in-one' firewalls fall short

NetworkWorld.com | LANs & WANs Research Center | Update Your Profile 'All-in-one' firewalls fall short By Joel Snyder In this Clear Choice Test, we set out to determine whether we could find a UTM firewall that could scale up successfully in performance, feature set and manageability. Read full story SPONSORED BY Secure Computing Webinar: Securing up network access Learn how token-based, one-time password authentication systems can help enterprises reduce business risk, better comply with regulations, are easy to manage and most importantly keep networks secure. Tune in to this webinar. RELATED NEWS: Half a million database servers have no firewall, 11/14/07: Think your database server is safe? You may want to double-check. According to security researcher David Litchfield, there are nearly half a million database servers exposed on the Internet, without firewall protection. Review: IBM System x3650, 11/12/07: Summary of test of IBM System x3650 running CheckPoint VPN-1 and Secure Platform. Review: Cisco ASA5540 with SSM-20 IPS module, 11/12/07: The ASA 5540 is one of a range of firewalls that together replace Cisco’s PIX and 3000-series VPN concentrator lines. Review: Check Point VPN-1 UTM Gateway, 11/12/07: Check Point and its hardware partners -- Crossbeam, IBM and Nokia-- each submitted different hardware platforms for this test running a common application: Check Point’s VPN-1 software. Likewise, we used Check Point’s Smart Center management system, ... BIG THREATS IN '08 Top 5 security-menace predictions for next year. ALL-IN-ONE FIREWALL TEST Juniper, Check Point, Cisco lead way in test of 13 UTM devices. SPONSORED BY Secure Computing Webinar: Securing up network access Learn how token-based, one-time password authentication systems can help enterprises reduce business risk, better comply with regulations, are easy to manage and most importantly keep networks secure. Tune in to this webinar. Join Network World's Technology Opinion Panel Here is your chance to help shape the future of IT. You know what products and enhancements are needed, you have the insight and foresight to be out front and provide direction to Network Word and the network industry. To join the panel, complete a brief registration survey. The panel is strictly for technology professionals to share their vision. Featured reader resource 90% of IT Managers are leaving their company at risk for a DNS ATTACK. Get the tools and resources you need to keep your DNS healthy and secure. Run a DNSreport on your domain today - 56 critical tests run in 8 seconds. Visit www.dnsreport.com to learn more. (apply coupon NWW2007NLA for a 25% membership discount)   11/20/07 TODAY'S MOST-READ STORIES: A tiny math mistake and the terrorists win? Users give new Gmail thumbs down Testing all-in-one firewalls 2007 Cool Yule Tools Gift Guide What hackers know about LAN switches Holmes Comet grows bigger than the sun High-tech toilets celebrated on World Toilet Day Microsoft wins boot-up patent suit Disappearing Gmail messages baffle users eBay Web attack hops from other sites MOST E-MAILED STORY: 10 career killers to avoid Did you know that 90% of IT managers are not prepared for a DNS Attack Dont be one of them...Check your DNS health today. Run a DNSreport and look like a hero. Make your life easier and make your company more secure. 56 critical tests against your domain in 8 seconds. Dont live without it. Visit today to learn more! IT Buyer's Guides Compare products, get advice, and check out tests and reviews from the experts at Network World. Over 70 categories. Visit now.   To continue receiving NetworkWorld's Product Test Alert newsletter, please add @nwfnews.com to your white list. COMPLIMENTARY SUBSCRIPTIONS AVAILABLE As a NW newsletter subscriber you are eligible to receive 50 issues of Network World Magazine, in print or electronic format, free of charge. Sign up for your subscription today: Apply here. International subscribers,click here.   SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES To subscribe or unsubscribe to any Network World newsletter, change your e-mail address or contact us, click here. Terms of Service/Privacy Network World, Inc., 118 Turnpike Road, Southborough, MA 01772 Copyright Network World, Inc., 2007