Wednesday, 30 August 2006

Juniper Networks SSG 550 and Netscreen-5GT Win IPSec VPN Test

Juniper Networks has announced that its Secure Services Gateway 550 (SSG 550) and NetScreen-5GT firewall/VPN security appliances have won the 'Editor's Choice' award from China NetworkWorld in its '2006 IPSec VPN Public Comparison Test.'

"Juniper's product package of the SSG 550 and NetScreen-5GT was the best combination identified by our testing model," said Yu Yang, testing engineer of China NetworkWorld in the report.

"It brings high-level security with deep intrusion detection and prevention, modular design, scalability for both performance and functionality, and proper security management design and tools. The Juniper product package provides a comprehensive solution that protects against networks threats from the network-layer to the application-layer. With its excellent performance, this combination wins China NetworkWorld's prestigious Editor's Choice award."

"We're honored to receive the prestigious 'Editor's Choice' award from China NetworkWorld," said Eric Yu, vice president of Greater China for Juniper Networks. "This award addresses a clear need for highly secure branch networking in the Chinese market, and again independently substantiates Juniper's technology leadership for branch offices, network-intensive businesses and service providers."