Introduction

Barracuda NG Firewall F400 security appliance is suitable for small to mid-size industries or branch offices by supporting up to 300,000 concurrent sessions. Barracuda NG Firewall F400 is best for the offices with around 100 users, with the need of VPN tunnels for remote accesses as it has VPN through put of 430 Mbps. With the help of integrated 6 x 1Gb Ethernet interfaces, Barracuda NG Firewall F400 can provide high-speed data transmission in the network.

Who Should Buy?

Barracuda NG Firewall F400 security appliance is useful in:

• Small to Mid-Scale Industries – Organizations that need high-speed data transmission for up to 100 users can use Barracuda NG Firewall F400 to secure their networks.
• VPN Oriented Branch Offices – Branch offices with up to 100 users and with extensive need of VPN tunnels for remote accesses through secure channels can exploit 430 Mbps of VPN throughput supported by Barracuda NG Firewall F400.

What Purposes It Serves?

Barracuda NG Firewall F400 security appliance allows security administrators to:

• Control Applications – Barracuda NG Firewall F400 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.
• Distributed Firewall Management – Barracuda NG Firewall 400 security appliance allows security administrators to logically divide a single global rule-set into multiple logical rule-sets. One responsible person can then be delegated the task of managing each logical rule-set, hence reducing management overhead of one security administrator.
• Set up VoIP – Barracuda NG Firewall F400 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 F400 allows security administrators to prepare management templates. Management templates eliminate the requirement of going through the similar configuration process on each Barracuda NG Firewall F400 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 F400 appliance can be used to deploy identical configurations on all Barracuda NG Firewall F400 security appliances throughout the network, hence remarkably expediting the configuration process in the entire network.

Top Features and Benefits

• VPN Connections – Barracuda NG Firewall F400 security appliance supports:
• ✓ 430 Mbps of VPN throughput
• ✓ IPsec VPN tunnel support
• Security – Since Barracuda NG Firewall F400 is a dedicated security device especially designed for small to mid-scale organizations and branch offices with extensive VPN needs, it supports:
• ✓ 1.8 Gbps firewall throughput
• ✓ Deep Packet Inspection (DPI)
• ✓ Proxy Firewall
• ✓ 486 Mbps Intrusion Prevention Services (IPS) throughput
• ✓ Spam Filtering
• Networking – Apart from other general networking features, Barracuda NG Firewall F400 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 F400 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 F400 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 F400 security appliance is capable of compressing WAN data up to 95%, hence remarkably improving business productivity with fast data transmissions over 430 Mbps VPN tunnels.

Hardware Specifications – Hardware specifications of a Barracuda NG Firewall F400 include:

• 6 x 1GbE copper interfaces
• 1 x 10/100 copper interface
• 2 USB ports
• 1 serial port
• 3G USB modem (optional)
• Single internal power supply
• 12 lbs (5.4 Kg) Weight
• 1.4 Amp power drawn

Paid Subscriptions

In order to enhance the security of the network, and make the Barracuda NG Firewall F400 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 F400 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 F400 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 F400 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 F400 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 F400 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.
• Barracuda NG Premium Support – This subscription entitles Barracuda NG Firewall F400 security appliance for technical support for 24 x 7 from dedicated highly skilled technical support team. Premium Support for Barracuda NG Firewall F400 can be purchased on 1 year, 3 years or 5 years subscription basis.

Conclusion

To summarize, Barracuda NG Firewall F400 can prove to be the best security solution for offices with up to 100 users, and need secure and high speed network connectivity with the ability to establish secure VPN tunnels for remote accesses.