User guide

Comparing WFS and Fireware Pro
6 WatchGuard System Manager
Authentication Radius Yes No Almost No UI integration with the
authentication server. D oes not
dow nload list of users and
groups.
LDAP Yes No N/A No UI integration with the
authentication server. D oes not
dow nload list of users and
groups.
Active Dire c tory Yes No N/A • No UI integration with the
authentication server.
• Does not download list of users
and groups.
• Have to disable SMB packet
signing.
Firebox
authentication
Yes Yes Yes
Window s NT N/A N/A N/A Feature dropped.
SOHO style
outbound H TTP
authentication
Future
Release
Authentication
Web page for other
authentication
Yes Yes close • No applet. URL: https://
<appip>:4100
• Timeout value fixed at 2 hours.
Configurable in a future release.
VPN PPTP Yes Yes Yes • Stable.
• Limit of 50 PPTP tunnels per
device (same as WFS).
• One PPTP client behind any NAT
device.
PPTP with Radius
Auth
Yes Yes Yes
PPTP Pass-through Yes On
by
defau
lt
Almost D oes not support more than one
PPTP client tunneling to the
sam e endpoint yet.
MUVPN Yes Yes Yes • External authentication is the
only supported authentication
mechanism for MUVPN.
• Same version of Safenet client
as WFS and SOHO.
BOVPN Yes Yes Yes • Tunnels negotiate when traffic
is passed (no auto-start).
• No DNS resolution in IKE
HW AES Yes N/A N/A
Feature or Functional Area Com plete E ase
of
Use
Like
WFS
Notes