SonicWALL Gateway Anti-Virus
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SonicWALL Gateway Anti-Virus/Intrusion Prevention Features
The Gateway Anti-Virus/Intrusion Prevention features are described below:
• Integrated Deep Packet Inspection Technology - SonicWALL Gateway
Anti-Virus/Intrusion Prevention Service features a configurable, high-performance deep
packet inspection architecture that uses parallel searching algorithms up through the
application layer to deliver increased application layer, Web and e-mail attack prevention.
Parallel processing reduces the performance impact on the firewall and maximizes
available memory for exceptional throughput on SonicWALL integrated security gateways.
• Real-Time Anti-Virus Gateway Scanning - SonicWALL Gateway Anti-Virus/Intrusion
Prevention Service delivers intelligent file-based virus and malicious code prevention by
scanning in real-time for decompressed and compressed files containing viruses, Trojans,
worms and other Internet threats over the corporate network.
• Powerful Intrusion Prevention - SonicWALL Gateway Anti-Virus/Intrusion Prevention
Service provides complete protection from a comprehensive array of network-based
application layer threats by scanning packet payloads for worms, Trojans, software
vulnerabilities such as buffer overflows, peer-to-peer and instant messenger applications,
backdoor exploits, and other malicious code.
• Ultimate Scalability and Performance - SonicWALL Gateway Anti-Virus/Intrusion
Prevention Service utilizes a per packet scanning engine, making SonicWALL’s solution
unique in its ability to handle unlimited file size and virtually unlimited concurrent
downloads, offering ultimate scalability and performance for today’s networked
environment.
• Day Zero Protection - SonicWALL Gateway Anti-Virus/Intrusion Prevention Service
ensures incredibly fast time-to-protection by employing a dynamically-updated database of
signatures created by a combination of SonicWALL’s SonicAlert Team, third-party virus
analysts and developers, and open source databases of known threats.
• Extensive Virus Signature List - SonicWALL Gateway Anti-Virus/Intrusion Prevention
Service utilizes an extensive database of thousands of attack and vulnerability signatures
written to detect and prevent intrusions, viruses, worms, Tojans, application exploits, and
malicious applications.
• Distributed Enforcement Architecture - SonicWALL Gateway Anti-Virus/Intrusion
Prevention Service utilizes a distributed enforcement architecture to deliver automated
signature updates, providing real-time protection from emerging threats and lowering total
cost of ownership.
• Inter-zone Protection - SonicWALL Gateway Anti-Virus/Intrusion Prevention Service
provides application layer attack protection against malicious code and other threats
originating from the Internet or from internal sources. Administrators have the ability to
enforce intrusion prevention and anti-virus scanning not only between each network zone
and the Internet, but also between internal network zones for added security (Requires
SonicOS Enhanced).
• Advanced File Decompression Technology - SonicWALL Gateway Anti-Virus/Intrusion
Prevention Service includes advanced decompression technology that can automatically
decompress and scan files on a per packet basis to search for viruses, Trojans, worms and
malware. Supported compression formats include: ZIP, Deflate and GZIP.
• File-Based Scanning Protocol Support - SonicWALL Gateway Anti-Virus/Intrusion
Prevention Service delivers protection for high threat viruses and malware by inspecting the
most common protocols used in today’s networked environments, including SMTP, POP3,
IMAP, HTTP, FTP, NETBIOS, instant messaging and peer-to-peer applications, and dozens
