Introduction

Barracuda NG Firewall F301 security appliance is suitable for small scale industries or branch offices that have around 50-100 users. By supporting up to 70,000 concurrent sessions, this device provides best possible network connectivity as compared to other firewall devices of same strength and price tags. Since Barracuda NG Firewall F301 has VPN through put of 269 Mbps, it can be a best device for the offices that extensively use VPN tunnels for remote accesses. Barracuda NG Firewall F301 also has an integrated Wi-Fi access point to enable wireless communication between wireless devices and the network.

Who Should Buy?

Barracuda NG Firewall F301 security appliance is useful in:

• Expanding Small Scale Industries – Organizations that have 50-100 users working with them and want to enable network connectivity via both guided and unguided media can use Barracuda NG Firewall F301.
• VPN Oriented Branch Offices – Branch offices that extensively rely on VPN channels for remote accesses and secure transmission can exploit 264 Mbps of VPN throughput supported by Barracuda NG Firewall F301.

What Purposes It Serves?

Barracuda NG Firewall F301 security appliance allows security administrators to:

• Control Applications – Barracuda NG Firewall F301 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.
• Set up VoIP – Barracuda NG Firewall F301 allows administrators to set up VoIP which can be useful to reduce calling costs, in case the organization deals in extensive voice calling process.
• Template-Based Management – Barracuda NG Firewall F301 allows security administrators to prepare management templates. Management templates eliminate the requirement of going through the similar configuration process on each Barracuda NG Firewall F301 appliance, if all of them require having same security policies. This saves administrators’ decent amount of time. Management template once created on any one Barracuda NG Firewall F301 appliance can be used to deploy identical configurations on all Barracuda NG Firewall F301 security appliances throughout the network.

Top Features and Benefits

• VPN Connections – Barracuda NG Firewall F301 security appliance supports:
• ✓ 269 Mbps of VPN throughput
• I✓ Psec VPN tunnel support
• Security – Since Barracuda NG Firewall F301 is a dedicated security device especially designed for expanding small scale industries and increasing branch offices with extensive VPN needs, it supports:
• ✓ 350 Mbps firewall throughput
• ✓ Deep Packet Inspection (DPI)
• ✓ Proxy Firewall
• ✓ 84 Mbps Intrusion Prevention Services (IPS) throughput
• ✓ Spam Filtering
• Networking – Apart from other general networking features, Barracuda NG Firewall F301 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 F301 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 F301 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 F301 security appliance is capable of compressing WAN data up to 95%, hence remarkably improving business productivity with fast data transmissions over 269 Mbps VPN tunnels.

Hardware Specifications – Hardware specifications of a Barracuda NG Firewall F301 include:

• 4 x 10/100 copper interfaces
• 2 USB interfaces
• 1 serial port
• 3G USB modem (optional)
• Single external power supply
• 9.9 lbs (4.6 Kg) Weight
• 1.6 Amp power drawn

Paid Subscriptions

In order to enhance the security of the network, and make the Barracuda NG Firewall F301 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 F301 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 F301 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 to pass through Barracuda NG Firewall F301 security appliance, 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 F301 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 be purchased on 1 year, 3 years or 5 years subscription basis. Since Web Security is a bundle 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.
• Barracuda NG SSL VPN and NAC – This subscription enables Barracuda NG Firewall F301 security appliance to set up SSL VPN tunnels and Network Access Control (NAC) to secure the network and its sensitive information from threats. SSL VPN and NAC services can be purchased on 1 year, 3 years or 5 years subscription basis.

Other Similar Models

Barracuda NG Firewall F300 model has identical hardware specifications and features as those in Barracuda NG Firewall F301, with the exception that Barracuda NG Firewall F300 does not have integrated Wi-Fi access point to support wireless devices.