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Review: Aventail's EX-1500SSL VPN Appliances: Page 3 of 4


Good
  • Multiple authentication realms
  • Cache cleaner with inactivity time-outs
  • Improved logging
  • Works with products from Zone Labs and WholeSecurity

  • Bad

  • Logs are raw, with no built-in processing
  • Cache cleaner can be disabled
  • Dynamic URL support may require customization from Aventail
  • Aventail EX-1500 SSL VPN Appliance 7.1, starts at $9,495 for 25 concurrent users. Aventail Corp., (877) AVENTAIL, (206) 215-1111. www.aventail.com

    Managing ACLs (access control lists) can be especially difficult with large lists. With the old device, you had to first define all the objects before you could add an access control rule. With 7.1, Aventail has streamlined the ACL definition process by letting you add objects as needed. Although this isn't ground-breaking, it certainly helps.

    Version 7.1 supports multiple authentication realms that define which back-end systems are used to authenticate users. Aventail also has simplified user and group definition on 7.1, with a directory browser. You don't need to use multiple tools to discover the schema definition--the browser presents it in a checkbox format.