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F5 Networks FirePass Controller Appliance

"The F5 FirePass Controller will appeal to enterprises that want tremendous flexibility in building their large-scale and complex extended networks. If you intend to support diverse user communities, a wide variety of remote devices, trusted and untrusted access points, and a broad array of applications, then the FirePass SSL Gateway should be on your short list. It's relatively inexpensive, can implement very sophisticated security policies, and offers a number of "built-in" access capabilities, e.g, http translation for native file servers and legacy applications. Given F5's application traffic management experience, the company is well-positioned to embed level 4 - 7 traffic monitoring and filtering capabilities in its future SSL VPN gateways."

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In our 25-page evaluation guide we examine more than 160 individual FirePass product features.