| Product | Contivity 1100 | CyberGuard SG575 | Firebox 1000 | Fortigate 60 |
| Company | Nortel Networks | BAX IT SERVICES Pty Ltd | Watchguard Technologies, Inc | Fortinet |
| Price (inc GST) | US$1499 US (approx AU$2001) | AU$1829 | AU$5060 | AU$1300 includes first year's maintenance, AV and IPS updates |
| Warranty | 1 year, 90-day software support | 1-year warranty (standard), optional four-year warranty. | 1 year | 1 year |
| Certifications | Common Criteria ELA4, DSD | ISCA, VPNC, VPNC | ICSA IPSEC and firewall, EAL4 due for completion early 2005 | ICSA |
| Encryption standards supported | DES, 3DES, AES, RC4 | DES, 3DES, AES | DES, 3DES (AES in Hardware) | DES, 3DES, AES128, AES192, AES256 |
| Ethernet ports internal | 4 | 1 or 2 | 5 | 4 |
| Ethernet ports external | 1 | 1 or 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Other Ports | Optional additional 10/100BaseT Ethernet Single-port V.35/X.21 T1 with integrated CS+B41U/DSU V.90 dial modem | Serial | Serial, HDD bracket | 1 x DMZ |
| Reporting methods (log, email notification, custom tools) | Internal Log, SYS, SNMP, | Syslog, e-mail for some functions, SNMP, Cerberian | Log, e-mail, custom tools | Internal & external logging, Alert e-mail, SNMP traps |
| # tunnels | 30 | 400 | 1500 | 40 dedicated, unlimited from VPN client |
| VPN 3DES speed (Mbps) | 15Mb/s | 20Mbps | 75Mbps | 20Mbps |
| Target market | SOHO/SME | SME | SME | SOHO and SMB |
| Other features | Â | SNORT, SQUID, NASL. | Deep packet inspection, intrusion prevention, spam filtering, Web blocking, gateway AV, model upgradeability | ASIC based, integrated stateful firewall, AV, antiSpam, intrusion prevention, content filtering, traffic shaping, 802.1Q VLANs, high availability, L2TP & PPTP VPNs, quad ICSA certified |
| Product | FVL328 | NS-5GT/ NS-5GT ADSL | Pro 2040 | SGS 400 |
| Company | Netgear | Juniper Networks | SonicWall | Symantec |
| Price (inc GST) | AU$1069 | AU$927/ AU$1073t | US$3495 (approx $4665 AUD) as supplied with Enhanced Operating System | from AU$899 |
| Warranty | 3-years limited | 1 year | 1 year | 1 year |
| Certifications | ICSA, VPNC | ICSA firewall and VPN | ICSA | NA |
| Encryption standards supported | DES, 3DES | DES, 3DES, AES | DES, 3DES, AES | DES, 3DES, AES |
| Ethernet ports internal | 8 | 5 (+ 1xADSL) | 1 | 8 |
| Ethernet ports external | 1 | software configurable | 3 (configurable) | 2 |
| Other Ports | 8-Port 10/100 switch | Console, modem | Serial | Serial, dip switches |
| Reporting methods (log, email notification, custom tools) | Syslog | Syslog (up to 4 servers) e-mail (2 addresses) NetIQ Webtrends SNMPv2 Traceroute | Syslog, local log, SNMP trap, e-mail, Global Management System (GMS) | Syslog |
| # tunnels | 100 | up to 10 | max 100 | 50* |
| VPN 3DES speed (Mbps) | 15.7Mbps | 20Mbps | 50Mbps | 35Mbps |
| Target market | SOHO and Corporate Remote office | SOHO, SMB | Small- to mid- sized networks (up to 200 nodes) | SME |
| Other features | High-speed 150-MHz CPU for fast tunnelling throughput. True firewall with stateful packet inspection (SPI) and intrusion detection denial of service (DoS) attack protection. | Stateful firewall (2000 sessions), Network/Port Address Translation, IPSec NAT Traversal Redundant VPN Gateways VPN Tunnel Monitoring OSPF, BGP, RIPv2, Static Routes, and more | Enhanced OS (as supplied) provides wireless access with Sonic Points (IPSEC enforcable), Wireless Guest Services.Plus optionals. | Firewall anti-virus Policy enforcement intrusion detection/ prevention content filtering hardware add-on wireless LAN access point |
