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Firewall Appliances, Load Balancer and VPN server


Zone Alarm Pro Personal Firewall

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A low cost yet efficient software-based solution, Zone Alarm Pro is a software firewall solution that serves as an intermediary between your system and the Internet. This is particularly useful with the present version of Windows operating system that are vulnerable to Internet worms and exploit attacks if it is not patched properly.

The firewall will filter out probes from these zombie machines and will also protect your information like your computer name, type of OS you are running, open ports on your system, etc from being gathered by scanners and other hack tools.

You may feel that your system information like computer name is not important at all but if someone knows that your system is vulnerable, they can always use a high speed ping scanner and locate you in within you ISP's network if they know your computer name within minutes.

This software also has the ability to track the source of the attack with varying degree of accuracy since a user in the Europe may be hitting your system via an open proxy in the US.

ZA is an effective solution for a single user environment but for network environment and a more a thorough hardware-based solution, there are others as follows.


Symantec Firewall/VPN 100 Appliance (up to 15-20 nodes)

Competitively priced at S$615.00
Features 4 x 10/100MBPS LAN and 1 x 10 MBPS WAN
High availability - automatic dialup connection as backup

A full feature firewall device with support for Gateway to Gateway VPN, Symantec Firewall Model 100 is compatible with all types of DSL services, cable modem connections, Analog, ISDN and T1 it integrates easily into existing network and functions as a proxy between the Internet and your Local Area Network.

The support for external analog/ISDN modem ensures minimal disruption on downtime and its built-in DHCP server ease configuration process for busy admins.


Symantec Firewall/VPN 200 Appliance (up to 30-40 nodes)

Option without VPN Client S$1300.00
Option with unlimited VPN Client Licenses S$1840.00
Features 8 x 10/100 MBPS LAN and 2 x 10 MBPS WAN
High availability
Load balancing on 2 WAN ports

Symantec Firewall/VPN Appliance is both a firewall and a VPN solution for an efficient and secure Internet connectivity.

The added functionality of VPN enables an easy to use and secure Internet connectivity between locations. Small business can now interact via the Internet with remote locations in a secured environment via IPSec gateway-to-gateway VPN and remote users can access their company's network via client-to-gateway IPSec VPN.

With easy web-based management interface and flexible configuration, Symantec Firewall/VPN offers a thorough solution for securing all outbound and inbound traffic with high availability and advance load balancing.


HotBrick Loadbalancer LB-2 (2 x WAN, 4 x LAN)

HotBrick Loadbalancer LB-2 is a perfect Firewall solution, providing you the option to double your network speed with failover feature along with its firewall feature like URL & ICMP filter, prevention of DOS attacks, Stateful Packet Inspection and group access control.

Its 2 x 10/100MBPS WAN ports allows high speed access with NAPT support enabling port mapping of a pool of public IP addresses and Dynamic DNS feature for mapping of dynamic addresses to virtual servers within the LAN.


HotBrick Firewall VPN 1200/2 (2 x WAN, 12 x LAN)

A complete solution functioning as a firewall, VPN server, router and switch, the Hotbrick Firewall VPN 1200/2 has all the feature of HotBrick Loadbalancer with added functionality of a VPN Server. Highly robust, it can support up to 88 Mbps of throughput and 5000 concurrent IP sessions.

The VPN server allows 20 VPN end-points plus compatibility with Radius Authentication making integration into existing network seamless.


Firewall VPN Appliance Installation Services

Within office hours without VPN client setup S$500.00

Provided as additional service to help client integrate their firewall appliances seamlessly into their existing network, the Firewall VPN Appliance Installation Services consist of configuring connection to ISP, test of inbound and outbound connections, creating basic filters and allowing DNS/Mail/Web traffic as required.

Our service also covers guidance of an elected office administrator on configuration of various features of the appliance purchased.