SonicWALL TZ 170

Networking technology continues to advance at a rapid pace, making it difficult to keep up with the latest innovations. Providing rock-solid security is even more challenging, especially for small businesses and network administrators with limited IT resources. Deploying and managing a complex network security product simply isn’t an option. You need a reliable, flexible, easy-to-use solution that delivers business-class security at a price that won’t break your budget.

The SonicWALL TZ 170, part of SonicWALL’s TZ 170 Series, is the ultimate total security platform for home, small, remote and branch office deployments. Available in multiple node configurations, the TZ 170 scales to protect your investment as your organization grows, allowing you to add features and functionality when your network needs them.

Utilizing SonicWALL’s feature-rich SonicOS operating system, the TZ 170 offers a choice between absolute ease-of-use for basic networks and unsurpassed flexibility for networks with more complex needs. SonicOS Standard, included with every TZ 170, allows rapid deployment in basic networks with a user-friendly Web interface and powerful wizards. Building upon SonicOS Standard, SonicOS Enhanced is an optional software upgrade that provides advanced features including WAN ISP Failover, Distributed Wireless LAN capabilities (with SonicPoints), Object-based Management and Policy-based NAT for more complex network installations.

Whether you have a small network with basic needs or a more complex network requiring flexibility and advanced features, the SonicWALL TZ 170 makes your decision simple.

SonicOS Standard, which ships on every SonicWALL TZ 170, provides:

• Deep Packet Inspection Firewall. The TZ 170 features a configurable, high performance deep packet inspection firewall for extended protection to key Internet services such as Web, e-mail, file transfer, Windows services, and DNS.
• Industry-leading Intrusion Prevention. The TZ 170 integrates SonicWALL’s Intrusion Prevention technology and Intrusion Prevention Service which features a dynamically updated database of over 1,800 attack and vulnerability signatures written to protect networks against known buffer overflow vulnerabilities in software, as well as various worms, Trojans, backdoor exploits and the use of peer-to-peer and instant messaging applications.
• WorkPort. The SonicWALL TZ 170 includes an optional port that can be configured as a WorkPort, creating an independent, isolated zone of trusted network security that protects corporate networks from malicious attacks that can occur when telecommuters share broadband Internet access with networked home computers.
• High-performance Architecture. Leveraging System-On-a-Chip technology, the TZ 170 delivers the best possible performance with 90 Mbps stateful packet inspection firewall and 30+ Mbps 3DES and AES VPN throughput.
• Comprehensive Central Management Support. Every SonicWALL Internet security appliance can be managed using SonicWALL's award-winning Global Management System, which provides network administrators with the tools for simplified configuration, enforcement and management of global security policies, VPN, and services, all from a central location.

SonicOS Enhanced, an optional software upgrade for the SonicWALL TZ 170, adds:

• Configurable Optional Port. Upgrading to SonicOS Enhanced allows the optional port on the TZ 170 Wireless to be configured either as an additional LAN, WAN, DMZ or WLAN offering greater network configuration flexibility as well as internal security.
• WAN ISP Failover and Load Balancing. The SonicWALL TZ 170 offers the ability to configure the optional port as a secondary WAN port, delivering highly reliable network connectivity and robust performance. This secondary WAN port can be used in “active-active” load sharing or failover configuration providing a highly efficient method for maximizing total network bandwidth.
• Object-based Management. The SonicWALL TZ 170 provides the ability to define an object such as a user group, network address range, service or interface. When security policies change, the administrator can modify the pre-defined object and propagate the changes instantly without redefining rules, enabling businesses to implement and manage security policies easily and consistently.
• Policy-based NAT. In addition to standard NAT (many-to-one) functionality, the SonicWALL TZ 170 also exposes control of NAT policies to administrators for one-to-one NAT, many-to-many NAT, one-to-many NAT, inbound Port Address Translation (PAT), flexible NAT (for overlapping IP addresses), as well as NAT policies on selective source/destination/source translations. The result is greater control and flexibility to support and manage various NAT requirements.