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Product Lines Comparison
Capacity
SonicWALL SSL VPN - SMB
- Up to 200 concurrent users.
SonicWALL Aventail SSL VPN - Enterprise
- Up to 2,000 concurrent users per device.
- Tens of thousands possible when load balancing several units.
Granular Access Control
SonicWALL SSL VPN - SMB
- User & Group, Source IP, Service/Port
SonicWALL Aventail SSL VPN - Enterprise
- User & Group, Source IP, Device Identity, Device Integrity, Service/Port, Destination URL, Host Name/IP Address, IP Range, Subnet, Domain, Citrix Server Farm, Time-of-Day
Mobile Device Support
SonicWALL SSL VPN - SMB
- N/A
SonicWALL SSL VPN - Enterprise
- Agent-based access for Windows Mobile devices
- Browser-based access for wide range of mobile device browsers (including Symbian, Blackberry and WAP browsers)
Endpoint Control: Client Interrogation
SonicWALL SSL VPN - SMB
- N/A
SonicWALL SSL VPN - Enterprise
- Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Windows mobile device interrogation (Detect Anti-Virus, Personal Firewall, Anti-Spyware, Running Applications, Client Side Certificates, Mapped Directories, Registry Keys, Resident Files, Windows Domain, Windows O/S)
Endpoint Control: Session Protection
SonicWALL SSL VPN - SMB
- Cache cleaner (Microsoft Windows only)
SonicWALL SSL VPN - Enterprise
- Cache cleaner (multi-platform)
- Aventail Secure Desktop (virtual desktop)
Remote Support*
SONICWALL SSL VPN - SMB
- Support for up to a maximum of 4 concurrent technician tunnels on the SSL-VPN 2000 platform
- Support for up to a maximum of 25 concurrent technician tunnels on the SSL-VPN 4000 platform
SONICWALL Aventail SSL VPN - ENTERPRISE
- N/A
Terminal Emulation over SSL VPN
SonicWALL SSL VPN - SMB
- Web-based access to Citrix servers, Windows Terminal Services applications for Windows, Macintosh and Linux devices.
SonicWALL SSL VPN - Enterprise
- Web based access to Citrix servers or server groups, Windows Terminal Services applications for Windows, Macintosh and Linux devices. Additional support for AttachmateWRQ host access to mainframe applications
High Availability
SonicWALL SSL VPN - SMB
- N/A
SonicWALL SSL VPN - Enterprise
- Active/Active stateful failover, integrated load balancing for up to 2 nodes, with external load balancer up to 8 nodes
Capacity Spike Licenses
SonicWALL SSL VPN - SMB
- Not necessary due to unrestricted licensing structure
SonicWALL SSL VPN - Enterprise
- Ability to temporarily increase capacity
Central Reporting and Management
SonicWALL SSL VPN - SMB
- SonicWALL Global Management System support, SonicWALL ViewPoint support, Syslog support
SonicWALL SSL VPN - Enterprise
- SNMP integration, Aventail Advanced Reporting, Syslog support
SonicWALL Aventail SSL VPN Appliances for the Enterprise
With more employees, partners and customers connected over a more widely-distributed and mobile enterprise, there is greater demand for a single, centrally-managed gateway to control access to network resources. SonicWALL Aventail SSL VPNs provide complete application access with full security, control of the end point and unified policy management. Easy to use and control, SonicWALL Aventail SSL VPNs increase productivity by providing employees and partners with secure, clientless access to the resources they need from any device, anywhere, with unmatched security. SonicWALL Aventail SSL VPNs also lower total cost of ownership (TCO) by eliminating difficult IPSec VPN deployments and constant support calls.
Deployment
Type & Size of Deployment Environment
Concurrent User License
EX-750
Small to mid-size companies, enterprise departments or a remote facility
10 to 50
EX-1600
Mid-size companies or enterprise departments
25 to 250
EX-2500
Enterprises with hundreds or thousands or remote access users
50 to 2,000
Detect Features
Basic End Point Control (EPC) Interrogation
Advanced EPC (Anti-Virus, Personal Firewall, Anti-Spyware)
Aventail Secure Desktop
EX-750
EX-1600
EX-2500
Protect Features
Allow, Deny & Quarantine Zones based on EPC Interrogation
Granular Access Control
(User & Group, Source IP, Service/Port, Destination URL, Host Name/IP Address, IP Range, Subnet, Domain)
Advanced Reporting
EX-750
EX-1600
EX-2500
Connect Features
WorkPlace Portal
WorkPlace Mobile
(optimized portal for mobile phone browsers)
Native Access Modules
(Citrix and Windows Terminal Services)
Host Access Modules
(Terminal Emulation Access)
Connect Tunnel
(Windows, Mac & Linux access to TCP- or UDP-based applications)
Connect Mobile
(Windows Mobile)
EX-750
EX-1600
EX-2500
SonicWALL SSL VPN Appliances for Small to Medium Business (SMB)
SonicWALL SSL VPN appliances can provide small and mid-size organizations with easy-to-use, secure and affordable remote access and remote support solutions that requires no pre-installed client software. Utilizing a standard Web browser, authorized users such as employees, contractors, partners and customers, can easily and securely access e-mail, files, intranets, Web and legacy applications and remote desktops from any location.
Deployment
Type & Size of Deployment Environment
Recommended Maximum
Number of Concurrent Remote Users
Concurrent Remote User License
Maximum number of
Virtual Assist* Concurrent
Technician Connections
SSL-VPN 200
Small organizations up to 50 employees
10
Unrestricted
N/A
SSL-VPN 2000
Mid-size organizations up to 500 employees
50
Unrestricted
4
SSL-VPN 4000
Mid-size organizations over 500 employees.
200
Unrestricted
25
Key Features
Tokenless Two-factor Authentication
Vasco Support
NetExtender:
Mac & Linux Clients
Port-based policies
RSA Support
Citrix (ICA) Support
NetExtender: Support for Multiple IP Ranges and Routes
Optional Client Certificate Support
Graphical Usage Monitoring
Option to Create System Backup
Reverse Proxy: OWA Premium Version and Lotus Domino Web Access 7.0
RADIUS Test Function
Active Directory Groups Support
Virtual Host & Domain Name Support
FileShares Java Applet
Diagnostics: DNS Lookup and Traceroute
SonicWALL® Virtual Assist*
Reverse Proxy: Java Applet and Flash Support
Customizable Logos, Certificates & IP Addresses per Portal
HTTP(S) caching
Remote GZIP compression
SSL-VPN 200
SSL-VPN 2000
SSL-VPN 4000
*Requires Virtual Assist, a licensed add-on module and available only for SSL-VPN 2000 and SSL-VPN 4000 appliances. Virtual Assist is licensed based on the number of concurrent technician tunnels.
