Comparison

Kerio WinRoute Firewall

vs Microsoft ISA
More than Just Security.
Control User Internet Access.

Why Choose Kerio WinRoute Firewall over Microsoft ISA?

Better Productivity Enhancement Tools
• Interactive web report – Monitor current
and previous Internet activities in real-time
• Clientless VPN – Find, upload and
download shared files with just a web
browser
• Web filter – Stop Internet abuse by
blocking non-work related web sites and
applications
Better bandwidth management
• Bandwidth limiter – Conserve bandwidth
usage for bandwidth-critical applications
• Link load balancing – Expand your
bandwidth by combining multiple Internet
connections
More Layers of Security
• Advanced Peer-to-peer (P2P) blocking –
Prevent data leakage and harmful
downloads from P2P networks
• Web security – Block web objects (e.g.
ActiveX, JavaScript, Java applets)
• Integrated anti-virus protection – Filter
viruses and worms from incoming and
outgoing traffic
Lower Operational Costs
• Self-contained server – Kerio WinRoute
Firewall runs without additional
requirements; ISA requires AD and
Windows 2003 Server
• Simple management – Integrated
anti-virus and web category filtering and
centralized administration console
Awards & Reviews
Editor’s Choice
Rated: Very Good
“I found the software extremely
easy to understand and navigate.
…simplest VPN…scale better than
competing firewall appliance.”
— Mario Morejon, PC Magazine
Rated: Four out of five stars
“Very nice software firewall with anti-
virus and web filtering.”
— Peter Stephenson, SC Magazine
Recommended
Rated: Five stars
“Every feature that you can need and
more.”
— CRN Integrator, CRN

Kerio WinRoute Microsoft ISA 2006 Microsoft ISA 2006

More than Just
Firewall 6.6 Standard Enterprise a Firewall
Bandwidth management User Management
Network Load Balancing (NLB) ✔ ✔ Monitor and restrict user
activity
Link-load balancing ✔
Bandwidth limiter ✔ Unified Security
Monitoring and reporting Comprehensive protection
On-demand reports ✔ ✔ ✔ against evolving threats.
Identify users in report ✔
Bandwidth Control
View keywords used in search engines ✔ Maximize bandwidth
Web content filter availability and minimize
usage costs.
Block/track over 60 web categories ✔
Block/track forbidden words ✔ VPN Server
Block web objects ✔ Secure connections for
(ActiveX, JavaScript, Java applets) remote users and offices.

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 Kerio WinRoute Microsoft ISA 2006 Microsoft ISA 2006 Testimonials
Firewall 6.6 Standard Enterprise
“With Kerio’s VPN Client, I’m able to
VPN give full, unrestricted access to our
Site-to-site VPN ✔ ✔ ✔ network from home. There is no loss
Client-to-server VPN ✔ ✔ ✔ of productivity and we are able to give
a better life-work balance.”
Clientless VPN ✔
— Glen Seay, Director of Technology,
NAT friendly ✔ Rowland Design
P2P blocking
Port blocking ✔ ✔ ✔
“Network administration has
decreased by 30% and network
Payload analysis ✔
productivity has increased by
Behavioral analysis ✔ 67% [from better bandwidth
FTP controls management]”
— Hendrik Krüger, Csiper Consulting
FTP protocol access ✔ ✔ ✔
FTP command restrictions ✔ “After researching the market [Kerio
FTP file type restrictions ✔ WinRoute Firewall was] the ideal
Other advanced protection
replacement … with lots of advanced
features.”
Stateful firewall ✔ ✔ ✔
— Matt Pinzone, Kingswood
Anti-spoofing ✔ ✔ ✔ Educational Centres
IDS/IPS ✔ ✔
Integrated anti-virus engine ✔
Dual anti-virus ready ✔ Global coverage
Authentication and user access control
Kerio WinRoute Firewall protects
Active Directory ✔ ✔ ✔ thousands of businesses in all
RADIUS and other LDAP ✔ ✔ industries, government agencies,
Internal database ✔ ✔ ✔ educational institutions, and non-
profit organizations in over 160
Single sign on ✔ ✔ ✔
countries.
User policies and rules ✔
Web caching
© 2009 Kerio Technologies, Inc. All rights
Proxy server ✔ ✔ ✔
reserved. The names of actual companies
Transparent proxy ✔ ✔ ✔ and products mentioned herein may be the
Routing trademarks of their respective owners.
DNS forwarding ✔ ✔ ✔ Published 3/2009

DHCP ✔ ✔ ✔
NAT-Traversal ✔ ✔ ✔
VoIP friendly ✔
IPsec friendly ✔ ✔ ✔
Deployment and maintenance
Minimum hard drive requirement 20 MB 150 MB 150 MB
Operating system Windows 2000/XP/ Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2003
2003/Vista/2008

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