* Vendors that have passed ICSA Labs' latest VPN tests
Periodically, ICSA Labs releases the names of VPN vendors whose equipment has passed its certification tests, and a new list is just out.
The SSL VPN equipment that passed has lived up to ICSA’s second level of testing for the equipment. The labs periodically upgrade the tests to reflect the maturing nature of SSL VPN gear in general. Each successive test sets a higher bar.
Still, the tests are created with advice from vendors, so they reflect what devices are likely to be able to do so most products can pass with a little fine-tuning.
Passing the test means the products meet a very specific list of criteria, so they can be of some value to people shopping for VPN equipment. But they don’t say anything about interoperability or ease of use or what the management platform is like, or how much they cost – all things potential buyers will want to know before making a choice.
But the list of certified equipment may help buyers narrow down their list of possibilities.
The newly certified gear is:
* AEP Networks, Netilla Security Platform.
* Avental, EX-1500 VPN Appliance.
* F5 Networks, FirePass 1000.
* Juniper Networks, NetScreen-SA SSL VPN Appliance Family.
* Whale Communications, e-Gap Remote Access SSL VPN.
Also newly rated by ICSA Labs were a handful of IPSec VPN devices. They are:
* Lucent VPN Brick 1100, Lucent VPN Family 20,50,80,150,350, 500 and 1100.
* Nortel’s, VPN Router 600, 1010, 1050, 2700, 5000.
