Barracuda NG Firewall
Beyond Application Visibility
Barracuda NG Firewall comes handy for organizations with already ruined and infected networks by evasive Web 2.0 application, mobile and BYOD devices and remote network users. Barracuda NG Firewall goes beyond as compared with other “next-generation” firewalls which use application visibility only for enhance security purpose and through sniffing and blocking malware attacks and intrusions. It not only leverages power of application visibility but also aware users to manage traffic and bandwidth intelligently and to add capabilities to optimize WAN performance, speed and reliability effectively.
Control Center offers powerful intuitive centralized management portal while providing comprehensive, real-time network visibility and logging, it is particularly easily to install, configure, update and direct numerous units effectively from a single location. Finally, it cut down IT staff cost for managing huge number of users or several sites effectively.
Key Capabilities
Security
Barracuda NG Firewall protects network assets against malware, intrusion, spam, DoS attacks and unknown persistent threats by integrating application awareness with an advanced network firewall, besides enforcing network access controls, filtering web traffic and emails.
Regulating Web Traffic
LDAP/Active Directory integration combined with Layer-7 application visibility for user awareness makes it highly robust access policies based on user and group IDs, application, bandwidth, other criteria and time. Multiple way response is done with policies and application activity, or controlling activities only in selected applications. (e.g. LinkedIn job listing, Facebook games, etc).
Simple, Centralized Management
Barracuda NG Control Center offer powerful Dashboard feature to control multiple units from scattered networks; it comes handy for those enterprises with massive firewalls as it can effectively and easily manage all from a single location. Administrator can further create role-based administrators for delegating privileges for making it easier to configure, manage, and update all units instantly.
WAN Optimization
With Barracuda NG Firewall, organizations can cut down site-to-site bandwidth charges by utilizing advance WAN optimization features of NG firewall, by data compression and decompression, TCP flow optimization, data de-duplication and protocol acceleration.
Dynamic Traffic Prioritization
It eliminates costly backup with automatic failover through combining different link T1, DSL, cable, MPLS and 3G and balance or shape traffic amongst links according to policies based on traffic loads, link status and applications. For example, T1 links are used for slower tasks like emails while SAP and VOIP are pushed through fast MPLS lines; in case of link failure, next prioritized policies are applied automatically.
Secure Remote Access
In order to help out remote users to easily and securely access network resources without having to go through complex configurations and managements, Barracuda NG Firewall incorporates advanced site-to-site and client-to-site VPN capabilities using IPsec & SLL protocols.
Cost-Effectiveness
Barracuda NG Firewall offers impressive cost saving and affordable pricing up front by offer inclusive pricing model (no additional charges for per-feature or per-user license fees). Administrative and training cost are lower and traffic intelligence and WAN optimization in long-term saves cost in future times.
Features
Engineered for providing solution to enterprise-level networks security gateway services at scattered locations, Barracuda NG Firewall along with Barracuda NG Control Center comes with family of hardware and virtual appliances for leveraging application visibility and user awareness to provide profound network and content security, optimizing LAN and WAN performance, connectivity along with bandwidth and traffic effectively.
Centralized Dashboard makes it easier to control profound network with minimal staff, with simple and easy to use UI, affordable pricing structure, without per-user/per-feature license fees delivers bottom-line benefits in short and longer terms.
Security for Dynamic Networks
Evasive Web 2.0 application, new mobile devices and remote users simultaneous explosion has made today’s networks more agile and shapeless. Barracuda NG Firewall is always in search across networks with flexible boundaries which are exposed to novel threat vectors.
Secure the Network Edge
Vast and up-to-date signature libraries of Barracuda NG Firewall detect and prevent network intrusions; real-time information is gathered by Barracuda Labs threat research organization from most than 150,000 customer sites and utilizes it for updating its database on hourly basis to defend against latest threats.
Secure the Extended Network
HTTP traffic is one of the growing medium through which majority of network attacks arrive to; Barracuda NG Firewall is equip with Layer 7 application-aware web content filtering, which protects assets and user from malicious online applications and websites, SQL injections, evasive Web 2.0-based attacks, and other web-borne malware or intrusions.
Secure Mobile Devices and Remote Users
In order to enforce access policies across off-networks by mobile devices and remote laptops, Barracuda Secure Browser and Web Security Agent apply content security and it uses built-in VPN capabilities (SSL and IPsec) without complex client configurations for securing remote access to network resources.
Intelligent Traffic Management
Performance of business-critical applications or can degrade due to rapid draining of bandwidth by mobile devices, online apps, social networking and streaming media. Barracuda NG Firewall comes handy in this conditions, it leverages application awareness to enable advanced, intelligent traffic-shaping and bandwidth management capabilities, in order to prevent and to extend capabilities without further investments.
Link Aggregation and Failover
In order to save cost of high-speed backup links, Barracuda NG Firewall is equip with industry-leading technology which transparently aggregate multiple internet links of varying speeds such as T1, DSL, MPLS, Cable, 3G; in case of failure of any link, remaining links are utilized automatic without having to disrupting business.
Dynamic Traffic Prioritization
Barracuda NG Firewall offers prioritization rule based on application, capacity, load, bandwidth and other factors in order to continue achieving peak perforce. For example, emails are routed through T1 or DSL links as they don’t acquire speedy resources while on other hand SAP and VoIP require more resources and can be set to priority on MPLS lines and in case of failure, auto-triggers are already set through rule based prioritization on the left-over links.
Web Traffic Regulation
While keeping productive use of web-based resources via controlling bandwidth; Administrator can create and enforce granular access policies defined by feature, application, user or group ID, protocol, time and other criteria. Allow access only to productive business-related applications (e.g. corporate Facebook page) and to disallow non-productive and inappropriate apps and content (e.g. adults, games sites), throttle inoffensive time-wasters (e.g. Facebook games).
WAN Optimization
In order to optimize WAN performance and to improve site-to-site capacity, Barracuda NG Firewall equips with multiple advanced technologies:
• Volume of traffic is reduced by generic data compression and decompressions
• Additional compression algorithms specific to individual protocols are applied for further acceleration
• Redundant and similar content traffic is reduced by Data de-duplication feature and bandwidth is saved
These measures can reduce traffic volume massively; that postpone capital investment to increase bandwidth and in a dramatic increase to the existing infrastructure effective capacity.
Centralized Management
Barracuda NG Control Center is a standalone appliance with powerful intuitive dashboard features to control multiple units in scattered locations through centralized control. Role-based administration let it easier to configure mange and frequently update multiple NG Firewalls from a solo location. As compared with other centralized management solution, it goes beyond firewalls rules, offering configuration of network routing, user access policies, VPN policies, template-based configuration updates and other features from a single location while keeping simplicity and ease of use primary goal.
Model
F10
| 300 Mbps Firewall Throughput |
| 85 Mbps VPN Throughput |
| 60 Mbps IPS Throughput |
| 8000 Concurrent Sessions |
| 1300 New Session/s |
| Form Factor Desktop mini |
| Dimensions (in.) 1.9 x 9.5 x 6.5 |
| Dimensions (cm.) 24.0 x 16.6 x 3.0 |
| Weight (Lbs./Kg.) 4.4 / 2.0 |
| Copper Ethernet NICs 4 x 10/100/1000 |
| Max Power Draw 1.6 Amps |
| Power Supply Single, external |
| WAN compression |
| Firewall |
| IPsec VPN |
| Intelligent Traffic Flow Control |
| IPS |
| Layer 7 Application Control |
| 3G USB Modem |
| Link-load balancing |
Optional Features |
| 3G USB Modem |
F100
| 300 Mbps Firewall Throughput |
| 85 Mbps VPN Throughput |
| 60 Mbps IPS Throughput |
| 8000 Concurrent Sessions |
| 1500 New Session/s |
| Form Factor Desktop mini |
| Dimensions (in.) 2.0 x 14.8 x 7.5 |
| Dimensions (cm.) 5.0 x 37.5 x 19.0 |
| Weight (Lbs./Kg.) 7.7 / 3.5 |
| Copper Ethernet NICs 4 x 10/100/1000 |
| Integrated Wi-Fi Access Point F101 |
| Max Power Draw 1.6 Amps |
| Power Supply Single, external |
| WAN compression |
| Firewall |
| IPsec VPN |
| Intelligent Traffic Flow Control |
| IPS |
| Layer 7 Application Control |
| 3G USB Modem |
Optional Features |
Optional Features |
| 3G USB Modem |
| Barracuda Web Security Flex |
| Barracuda NG Web Filter |
| Barracuda NG Malware Protection |
F200
| 350 Mbps Firewall Throughput |
| 160 Mbps VPN Throughput |
| 84 Mbps IPS Throughput |
| 70000 Concurrent Sessions |
| 2500 New Session/s |
| Form Factor Desktop |
| Dimensions (in.) 2.0 x 14.8 x 7.5 |
| Dimensions (cm.) 5.0 x 37.5 x 19.0 |
| Weight (Lbs./Kg.) 7.9 / 3.6 |
| Copper Ethernet NICs 4 x 10/100 |
| Integrated Wi-Fi Access Point F201 |
| Max Power Draw 1.6 Amps |
| Power Supply Single, external |
| WAN compression |
| Firewall |
| IPsec VPN |
| Intelligent Traffic Flow Control |
| IPS |
| Layer 7 Application Control |
3G USB Modem |
| WAN Optimization |
| Spam Filter |
Optional Features |
| 3G USB Modem |
| Barracuda Web Security Flex |
| Barracuda NG Web Filter |
| Barracuda NG Malware Protection |
| Barracuda NG SSL VPN and NAC |
F300
| 350 Mbps Firewall Throughput |
| 160 Mbps VPN Throughput |
| 84 Mbps IPS Throughput |
| 70000 Concurrent Sessions |
| 2500 New Session/s |
| Form Factor 1U Rack Mount |
| Dimensions (in.) 1.8 x 16.9 x 13.0 |
| Dimensions (cm.) 4.5 x 43.0 x 33.0 |
| Weight (Lbs./Kg.) 9.9 / 4.5 |
| Copper Ethernet NICs 8 x 10/100 |
| Integrated Wi-Fi Access Point F301 |
| Max Power Draw 1.6 Amps |
| Power Supply Single, internal |
| WAN compression |
| Firewall |
| IPsec VPN |
| Intelligent Traffic Flow Control |
| IPS |
| Layer 7 Application Control |
3G USB Modem |
| WAN Optimization |
| Spam Filter |
Optional Features |
| 3G USB Modem |
| Barracuda Web Security Flex |
| Barracuda NG Web Filter |
| Barracuda NG Malware Protection |
| Barracuda NG SSL VPN and NAC |
F400
| 3.9* Gbps Firewall Throughput |
| 700*** Mbps VPN Throughput |
| 950 Mbps IPS Throughput |
| 300000 Concurrent Sessions |
| 16000 New Session/s |
| Form Factor 1U Rack Mount |
| Dimensions (in.) 1.7 x 16.8 x 15.6 |
| Dimensions (cm.) 4.4 x 42.6 x 39.6 |
| Weight (Lbs./Kg.) 12.0 / 5.4 |
| Copper Ethernet NICs 6 x 1GbE + 1 x 10 / 100 |
| 1Gb Fiber SFP NICs (std / max) 0 / 4 |
| Max Power Draw 1.6 Amps |
| Power Supply Single, internal |
| WAN compression |
| Firewall |
| IPsec VPN |
| Intelligent Traffic Flow Control |
| IPS |
| Layer 7 Application Control |
3G USB Modem |
| WAN Optimization |
| Spam Filter |
Optional Features |
| 3G USB Modem |
| Barracuda Web Security Flex |
| Barracuda NG Web Filter |
| Barracuda NG Malware Protection |
| Barracuda NG SSL VPN and NAC |
F600
| 4.7* Gbps Firewall Throughput |
| 950*** Mbps VPN Throughput |
| 1316 Mbps IPS Throughput |
| 300000 Concurrent Sessions |
| 16000 New Session/s |
| Form Factor 1U Rack Mount |
| Dimensions (in.) 1.7 x 16.8 x 15.6 |
| Dimensions (cm.) 4.4 x 42.6 x 39.6 |
| Weight (Lbs./Kg.) 12.7 / 5.8 |
| Copper Ethernet NICs 6 x 1GbE + 1 x 10 / 100 |
| 1Gb Fiber SFP NICs (std / max) 0 / 4 |
| Max Power Draw 1.6 Amps |
| Power Supply Single, internal |
| WAN compression |
| Firewall |
| IPsec VPN |
| Intelligent Traffic Flow Control |
| IPS |
| Layer 7 Application Control |
3G USB Modem |
| WAN Optimization |
| Spam Filter |
Optional Features |
| 3G USB Modem |
| Barracuda Web Security Flex |
| Barracuda NG Web Filter |
| Barracuda NG Malware Protection |
| Barracuda NG SSL VPN and NAC |
| Barracuda NG Secure Web Prox |
F800
| 10.0** Gbps Firewall Throughput |
| 2200*** Mbps VPN Throughput |
| 3100 Mbps IPS Throughput |
| 500000 Concurrent Sessions |
| 35000 New Session/s |
| Form Factor 1U Rack Mount |
| Dimensions (in.) 1.7 x 17.0 x 20.5 |
| Dimensions (cm.) 4.4 x 43.1 x 52.0 |
| Weight (Lbs./Kg.) 28.6 / 13.0 |
| Copper Ethernet NICs 12/20 x 1GbE |
| 1Gb Fiber SFP NICs (std / max) 0 / 4 |
| 10Gb Fiber SFP+ NICs (std/max) 0 / 2 |
| Max Power Draw 1.6 Amps |
| Power Supply Single, internal |
| WAN compression |
| Firewall |
| IPsec VPN |
| Intelligent Traffic Flow Control |
| IPS |
| Layer 7 Application Control |
3G USB Modem |
| WAN Optimization |
| Spam Filter |
Optional Features |
| 3G USB Modem |
| Barracuda Web Security Flex |
| Barracuda NG Web Filter |
| Barracuda NG Malware Protection |
| Barracuda NG SSL VPN and NAC |
| Barracuda NG Secure Web Prox |
F900
| 21.0** Gbps Firewall Throughput |
| 3780*** Mbps VPN Throughput |
| 4650 Mbps IPS Throughput |
| 1000000 Concurrent Sessions |
| 100000 New Session/s |
| Form Factor 2U Rack Mount |
| Dimensions (in.) 3.5 x 17.4 x 26.0 |
| Dimensions (cm.) 8.8 x 44.2 x 66.0 |
| Weight (Lbs./Kg.) 39.6 / 18.0 |
| Copper Ethernet NICs 0 / 24 x 1GbE + 1 10 / 100 |
| 1Gb Fiber SFP NICs (std / max) 0 / 12 |
| 10Gb Fiber SFP+ NICs (std/max) 0 / 6 |
| Max Power Draw 1.6 Amps |
| Power Supply Dual, internal |
| WAN compression |
| Firewall |
| IPsec VPN |
| Intelligent Traffic Flow Control |
| IPS |
| Layer 7 Application Control |
3G USB Modem |
| WAN Optimization |
| Spam Filter |
Optional Features |
| 3G USB Modem |
| Barracuda Web Security Flex |
| Barracuda NG Web Filter |
| Barracuda NG Malware Protection |
| Barracuda NG SSL VPN and NAC |
| Barracuda NG Secure Web Prox |
Administration
Configuration
Barracuda NG Control Center intuitive dashboard offer feel of configuring single firewall while configuring thousands of Barracuda NG Firewalls at same time in reality. Administrator with their assigned management rights can quickly select or mobile modify security governing rules, network connectivity, and user access by selecting range of firewalls where to apply rules; another two more clicks propagate configuration to selected firewalls. The intuitive dashboard is faster way of configuring security, network access policies, controlling firmware, update and revision and to manage use settings. Barracuda NG Firewall is equip with global security object and configuration default templates for making administrators job easier and speedy.
Multiple administrators within same configuration tree are supported in Barracuda NG Control Center; Barracuda NG Firewall administrators can be assigned configuring authority through Barracuda NG Control Center, authorities include territory and functional groups, specific or single department or place.
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting is easy in Barracuda NG Control Center and Barracuda NG Firewall as it comes with extensive visualization tools for managing networking connectivity quickly. Regardless of enterprise scope, all it takes is just few mouse click to discover, analyze and to fix problems with history screens and audit logs.
Statistics, Loggin and Reporting
Barracuda have a control centre that keeps the record of all reporting, events and status information of all NG firewalls. The integrated Control System (RCS) is one of the key features for efficient management and control; it gives accurate audit of component revisions, node configuration and a host of other administration information. The product has a instinctive web UI via which RCS gives complete and comprehensive detailing of system remediation, personnel management and regulatory compliance. While other contending solutions, the audit and traceability requires costly third party management
Graphic Interfaces
Barracuda NG Earth has a great feature of 3-D visualization which provides the organization’s administrators complete information about the deployment of Barracuda NG firewalls including system status, firmware version, bandwidth consumption, the site-to-site VPN tunnel status and many more. NG Earth works as a visualized map which can be used directly with Barracuda NG Firewall via Barracuda NG Control Centre models.
One more interesting feature of the product is Graphic Tunnel Interface (GTI) which is exceptional in other competing solution for streamlined administration. This advance feature provides administrator to reroute and create VPN Tunnels between Barracuda NG firewalls via Drag and Drop facility.
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