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Laplink PCdefense 

Laplink PCdefense

Everyone above a certain age remembers Laplink. Back before PCs were easily networked, you copied files from A to B by connecting serial or parallel cables and firing up the ...
KeyGhost USB Keylogger 

KeyGhost USB Keylogger

Physical keyloggers top the list of security nightmares for most in the profession. While full-blown remote access trojans are worse, they are also fairly easy to identify and ...
Astaro Security Gateway  

Astaro Security Gateway

The ASG 425 is at the top end of Astaro’s 1U appliance range, with several smaller versions and two larger options available. The unit offers eight ports, but just one is ...
DFL-2500  

DFL-2500

D-Link’s DFL-2500 offers more network control than we expected, and does it at a good price for its class.
Firebox XCore 2500  

Firebox XCore 2500

The Firebox range is always easy to pick out of a group, with its trademark red casing. The unit ships with a full complement of hardware, some enabled through software licenses.
FortiGate-1000A  

FortiGate-1000A

We were pleased to see that this unit’s web GUI was one of the few being tested that defaults to a secure HTTPS connection. There is also a fully featured console available ...
Kerio WinRoute Firewall  

Kerio WinRoute Firewall

This was the only software being tested. WinRoute is intended to be installed on Windows systems, and there must be doubts about the product’s viability as Microsoft continues ...
NETASQ F800 UTM  

NETASQ F800 UTM

NETASQ sent us a very attractive 1U box which boasted a very impressive collection of features. While most of these did work as advertised, it was let down by its interface and ...
PRO 4100  

PRO 4100

SonicWALL’s PRO line of UTM appliances offers a good collection of features over and beyond a basic firewall, although this core feature is well provided. The 4100 we received ...
TSP 7300  

TSP 7300

The Total Stream Protection (TSP) line was part of the package when Secure Computing bought CyberGuard. This model is a beefy 3U box, supporting up to 38 ports with a total ...
ZyXEL ZyWALL UTM  

ZyXEL ZyWALL UTM

The ZyWALL 35 is a mid-range model with four LAN and two WAN ports, and a throughput of 70Mbps.
UTM Plus 

UTM Plus

Network Box offers hosted security services based on its own custom appliances installed locally on end users’ networks. The company has a range of services designed to meet ...
RFprotect Endpoint 

RFprotect Endpoint

Despite the name, this is not similar to the endpoint products in this month’s endpoint security group test, hence its inclusion here on its own.
Skybox View 2.5 

Skybox View 2.5

This suite of security risk management applications contains components that analyze networks for vulnerabilities, identify risks, spot anomalous activity and report on it, ...
Configuresoft ECM and SUM 

Configuresoft ECM and SUM

Configuresoft’s Enterprise Configuration Manager (ECM) is a management application for configuration, patching, security, audit and compliance – and all from a single, very ...
RSA SecurID Appliance 

RSA SecurID Appliance

This appliance is aimed at SMEs wanting two-factor authentication, but which cannot manage their own authentication server. It supports up to 250 users, and automates much of ...
BlackSpider MailControl  

BlackSpider MailControl

BlackSpider’s services have performed well in our previous, more filtering-oriented tests. The company is focused on mail and web filtering, and unlike other services, it has ...
Mimecast Online  

Mimecast Online

Mimecast offers its technologies as an appliance and a managed service for smaller enterprises, run from three data centers. The service is almost wholly automated, with ...
MIMEsweeper Email Managed Service  

MIMEsweeper Email Managed Service

Clearswift is well-known for its MIMEsweeper filtering software, but entered two new markets in 2005. First, it introduced an appliance format of the product, and then launched ...
SoftScan  

SoftScan

SoftScan services clients around the world, but while its support hours are European, 24x7 telephone support is available for a fee.
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