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Vendor: McAfee
3.5 out of 5
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What is McAfee StoneGate [EOL]?

StoneGate is a Highly Available Firewall/VPN. The StoneGate fault-tolerant VPN maintains sessions across multiple VPN devices and multiple Internet or network connections, regardless of device or connection failures. StoneGate provides Security, Manageability, Availability, and Scalability thus reducing network security complexity and costs. Stonesoft was the inventor of high availability for security solutions and a recognized leader in network security.
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Valuable Features

  • "It has given us better application control."
  • "High availability is very consistent and provides good firewalling and stability."
  • "We did not have issues with scalabiliy."

Room for Improvement

  • "HA failover is not stable."
  • "The hardware needs improving as we had a lot of problems with the hard drive reliability, both with the firewall and the intrusion protection system."
  • "After some experience with the solution, we had to do some redesign, but generally, we were happy with the product."
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McAfee StoneGate [EOL] was previously known as McAfee Next Generation Firewall, Stonesoft, Intel Next Generation Firewall, Intel Security StoneGate.

McAfee StoneGate [EOL] customers

Avency, R€SLER Oberfl_chentechnik GmbH, MAUSER Group, CEMEX, Cegedim, Fusion Media Networks

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McAfee StoneGate [EOL] Reviews Summary
Author infoRatingReview Summary
Computer Framework at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees4.0No summary available
Network Security Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees3.0I find Apprism valuable for application control, though its administration isn't user-friendly. I've experienced unstable HA failovers and low customer support, and it lacks SSL VPN. Installation was straightforward.
Presales System Engineer with 51-200 employees3.5I found this solution highly available and stable, improving network administration; initial setup was easy. However, we experienced recurring hard drive reliability issues, which is a major area for hardware improvement.