ZyXel offering UTM for the low-end net

摘要

ZyXel Communications has entered the unified threat-management fray by building content filtering, intrusion-prevention, anti-virus and anti-spam technology into its ZyWall 35 and ZyWall 70 combined firewall and VPN appliances. In our test of the ZyWall 70 UTM with the ZyWall Turbo Card — which is necessary to accelerate the new anti-virus and IPS services — we found the combination provides a massive set of features that will make it very attractive to small and midsize businesses (SMB) looking for a more sophisticated firewall device. However, the ZyWall 70 UTM's capabilities are offset by its difficult-to-use policy management GUI and weak documentation, and a rapid release cycle — we were shipped three updates of the software during our three-month testing cycle.