Aventail Competitive SSL VPN Feature Analysis Versus F5 Networks FirePass 1000 and Juniper Networks NetScreen-SA EA150

Abstract

Aventail Corp. commissioned The Tolly Group to evaluate its Aventail® EX-1500, an SSL VPN appliance that provides users with clientless access from any PC with Internet access to the network applications and resources they need to be productive. The Tolly Group examined the feature/functionality of the EX-1500 versus F5 Networks FirePass 1000 and Juniper Networks NetScreen EA-150, both SSL VPN appliances.

Tolly Group engineers compared the feature/functionality of the three SSL VPN products in three categories: Access control policy, end-point security and system security. All three products were subjected to a battery of feature validation tests as defined under The Tolly Group’s Tolly Verified certification program. Engineers examined the products during May and June 2004.

Tolly Group engineers found that the Aventail EX-1500 offers the most robust set of features/functions of the three products. On the access control side, the EX-1500 supported all nine of the features engineers examined, and even when other vendors matched the feature availability, the EX-1500 offered more robust functionality that makes management simpler.