SonicWall Web Application Firewall vs. Symantec Web Application Firewall (WAF) & Reverse Proxy

SonicWall Web Application Firewall is appropriate to stay on the edge of our network and inspect all data that comes and goes in order to preserve the health of the network. In these scenarios, we are protected from DoS and DDoS attacks, malware threats, ransomware attacks, data theft, and others. Sonicwall's web application and threat management is intelligent and interrogates the behavior, communication logic, and, in addition, any changes and anomalies in the protocol.

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• Content updates are automatic content lists of applications, URLs, virtual threats.
• Great visualization through graphics of traffic and threats.
• One of the best web content filters on the market.

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• VPN implementation
• Geo block rules

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Technical support is a little expensive but it works. Any technical problem or not, SonicWall support helps in solving the problems. The SLA is fast and the service is also cordial, functional, and straight to the point. Support is essential to keep the tool always up-to-date with lists of malware, URLs, attacks, and others.

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Both products has their pro and cons. However in term of subscription and pricing for a small office, this offered better ROI as the office didn't want to spend too much and have something relative easy to manage.

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• Relative easy to maintain
• Cut the cost of licenses

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