Introduction

Barracuda NG Firewall F101 security appliance is suitable for small scale industries or branch offices with up to 10 users.  Barracuda NG Firewall F101 comes with integrated Wi-Fi access point and supports up to 8000 concurrent sessions with the capability of handling up to 1500 new sessions per second. This security appliance can also be used in small branch offices of medium or large scale organizations as it has VPN throughput of 80 Mbps.

Who Should Buy?

Barracuda NG Firewall F101 security appliance is useful in:

• Small Scale Industries – Organizations that have 5-10 users working with them who also use wireless devices such as laptop computers to securely communicate and access network resources can use Barracuda NG Firewall F101. Because of the integrated Wi-Fi access point in the device itself, organizations need not to buy additional wireless access points to support wireless devices in the network.
• Branch Offices – Small branch offices of big enterprises or medium scale industries can exploit Barracuda NG Firewall F101 security appliance at its full. Because of VPN throughput of 80 Mbps, the device is best for such branch offices when it comes to establishing site-to-site or client-server VPN tunnels through secure channel.

What Purposes It Serves?

Barracuda NG Firewall F101 security appliance allows security administrators to:

Control Applications – Barracuda NG Firewall F101 security appliance helps administrators to implement application layer security by allowing or denying access to layer 7 applications such as Skype, P2P clients, and Web 2.0 applications.

Top Features and Benefits

• VPN Connections – Barracuda NG Firewall F101 security appliance supports:
• ✓ 80 Mbps of VPN throughput
• ✓ 5 Site-to-Site VPN tunnels
• ✓ IPsec VPN tunnel support
• Security – Since Barracuda NG Firewall F101 is a dedicated security device especially designed for small scale industries and branch offices, it supports:
• ✓ 300 Mbps firewall throughput
• ✓ Deep Packet Inspection (DPI)
• ✓ Proxy Firewall
• ✓ 60 Mbps Intrusion Prevention Services (IPS) throughput
• Networking – Apart from other general networking features, Barracuda NG Firewall F101 also supports:
• Network Address Translation (NAT)
• Voice over IP (VoIP) – Security administrators can also manage VoIP by:
• ✓ H.323
• ✓ SIP
• Role Based Access Control (RBAC) – This feature allows administrators to configure Barracuda NG Firewall F101 to link Active Directory users to IP addresses and grant or deny access to network shares and resources according to the defined rule-sets in the polices. Apart from Active Directory integration, Barracuda NG Firewall F101 also supports RADIUS, NTLM, MS CHAP, TACACS+, etc.
• WAN Optimization – Because of data deduplication (byte level caching) and other such optimization features, Barracuda NG Firewall F101 security appliance is capable of compressing WAN data up to 95%, hence remarkably improving business productivity with fast data transmissions over VPN tunnels.

Hardware Specifications – Hardware specifications of a Barracuda NG Firewall F101 include:

• 4 x 10/100 copper interfaces
• 1 USB interfaces
• 3G USB Modem (Optional)
• Single external power supply
• 7.7 lbs (3.5 Kg) Weight
• 1.6 Amp power drawn

Paid Subscriptions

In order to enhance the security of the network, and make the Barracuda NG Firewall F101 security appliance work even more efficiently, security administrators can purchase the following available additional subscriptions:

• Barracuda NG Energize Updates – This subscription keeps the Barracuda NG Firewall F101 security appliance updated with latest updates on hourly basis. Energize Updates can be purchased on 1 year, 3 years or 5 years subscription basis.
• Barracuda NG Instant Replacement – This subscription entitles Barracuda NG Firewall F101 security appliance for instant replacement (within 24 hours), in case something goes wrong with the hardware of the device. Instant replacement program can be purchased on 1 year, 3 years or 5 years subscription basis.
• Barracuda NG Web Filter- This subscription allows security administrators to block unwanted websites, hence restricting users from accessing inappropriate contents available on the Internet. Web Filter services can be purchased on 1 year, 3 years or 5 years subscription basis.
• Barracuda NG Malware Protection – This subscription keeps the internal network secure by blocking malware and other such suspicious elements at the Barracuda NG Firewall F101 gateway itself. Malware Protection services can be purchased on 1 year, 3 years or 5 years subscription basis.
• Barracuda NG Web Security – Web Security services are a combination set of Web Filter and Malware Protection services and can also be purchased on 1 year, 3 years or 5 years subscription basis. Since Web Security is a bundled of Web Filter and Malware Protection services, organizations are not required to purchase the said two services individually in case Web Security services are purchased.

Other Similar Models

Barracuda NG Firewall F100 and Barracuda NG Firewall F10 models have identical hardware specifications and features as those in Barracuda NG Firewall F101, with the exception that they do not have integrated Wi-Fi access points, and Barracuda NG Firewall F10 is capable of handling up to 1300 new sessions per second.