NetScreen Debuts New Remote Access Appliance

May 26, 2003 -- (FIND VPN) -- Network security solution developer NetScreen Technologies Inc. (NetScreen.com) announced on Wednesday that it has introduced a new low-end appliance, the NetScreen-5GT to its line of integrated firewall and VPN Solutions.

The NetScreen-5GT, says the company, provides the firewall, VPN, denial of service protection, performance and resiliency required to secure remote sites and telecommuters. NetScreen says the platform includes added memory and CPU power to accommodate future capabilities, including intrusion detection and prevention as well as the antivirus functions provided through a new agreement with Trend Micro.

"With its available resiliency features, integrated firewall and VPN capabilities, and added memory and CPU power," said David Flynn, vice president of marketing for NetScreen, "the NetScreen-5GT serves as the ideal platform to accommodate complementary best-of-breed functionality like antivirus from Trend Micro, which can dramatically increase security through a simple software upgrade. This will be especially valuable in remote sites where IT resources are limited and attacks are difficult to contain."

The NetScreen-5GT appliance offers 75 Mbps firewall throughput and 20 Mbps 3DES VPN performance, as well as supporting up to 10 IPSec VPN tunnels and up to 2,000 sessions. The platform, says NetScreen, also includes five 10/100 auto-sensing, auto-correcting ports, a management console and modem port.