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Gigabit SSL VPN Security Router User’s Manual
Chapter 1: Introduction
As Internet becomes essential for your business, the only way to prevent your Internet connection from failure
is to have more than one connection. PLANET’s Gigabit SSL VPN Security Router, SG-4800, reduces the
risks of potential shutdown if one of the Internet connections fails. Moreover, it allows you to perform
load-balancing by distributing the traffic through three or four WAN connections.
In addition to a multi-homing device, PLANET’s Gigabit SSL VPN Security Router provides a complete
security solution in a box. The policy-based firewall, content filtering function and VPN connectivity provides
SSL, IPSec, and PPTP VPN. The SSL VPN function supports up to 60 SSL VPN connection tunnels. The
IPSec VPN feature provides with 3DES and AES encryption make it a perfect product for your network
security. No more complex connection and settings for integrating different security products on the network is
required.
This product is built-in bandwidth management function which also supported to offers network administrators
an easy yet powerful means to allocate network resources based on business priorities, and to shape and
control bandwidth usage.
1.1 Features
Multi-WAN Auto Backup:
The SG-4800 can monitor each WAN link status and automatically activate
backup links when a failure is detected. The detection is based on the configurable target Internet
addresses.
Outbound Load Balancing:
The network sessions are assigned based on the user configurable load
balancing mode, including “Auto Load Balance”, “Unbinding WAN Balance” and “Strategy
Routing”
,. User can also configure which IP or TCP/UDP type of traffic use which WAN port to connect.
Inbound Load Balancing:
The SG-4800 provides the Inbound Load Balancing for enterprise’s internal
server. The Inbound Load Balancing can reduce the server loading and system crash risks, in order to
improve the server working efficiency.
Policy-based Firewall:
The built-in policy-based firewall prevent many known hacker attack including
Ping of Death, SYN Flooding, Land attack, IP Spoofing, etc. The access rule function allowed only
specified WAN or LAN users to use only allowed network services on specified time.
VPN Connectivity:
The security gateway support PPTP, IPSec and the SSL VPN. The SSL VPN
function supports up to 60 SSL VPN connection tunnels. The IPSec VPN with DES, 3DES and AES
encryption and SHA-1 / MD5 authentication, the network traffic over public Internet is secured.
Content Filtering:
The security gateway can block network connection based on URLs, Scripts (The
Java Applet, cookies and Active X), Restrict Application (MSN, Yahoo Messenger, QQ, PPSTREAM and
PPTV) and Download/Upload blocking.
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