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McAfee Firewall Enterprise MFE [EOL] Reviews

Vendor: McAfee
3.5 out of 5
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McAfee Firewall Enterprise defends critical assets, such as regulated data repositories (customer, financial, and healthcare data), email and web servers, extranets, and data centers. This proxy-based firewall also offers application visibility and deep application controls for defense, delivers strong policy-based controls, blocks the latest threats, and eliminates unwanted traffic.
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Valuable Features

  • "It does give certain protection for everything that is well configured on our McAfee server."
  • "We have 10 offices throughout Brazil, and now they are all connected by using the VPN feature of the firewall."
  • "For managing multiple MFE firewalls it is incredibly handy, convenient, and it is easy to use the product with McAfee Control Centre."

Room for Improvement

  • "Customer support and AV are both lacking and are really hard to come to you when the product is installed."
  • "Administration of the firewall is a little confusing for end users."
  • "Migrating from v7 to v8 of McAfee Firewall Enterprise, in many cases, involves you having to completely re-write all of your previous McAfee Firewall Enterprise v7 policies due to the difference in the way the interfaces are named in the product going from v7 to v8."
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McAfee Firewall Enterprise MFE [EOL] was previously known as Firewall Enterprise MFE, Intel Security Firewall Enterprise MFE.

McAfee Firewall Enterprise MFE [EOL] customers

French Ministry of Education, RWTH Aachen, Avency, Cegedim, Cobweb, Intel Security, Cemex Mauser, R_sler Oberfl_chentechnik

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McAfee Firewall Enterprise MFE [EOL] Reviews Summary
Author infoRatingReview Summary
Computer Technician at a leisure / travel company with 1,001-5,000 employees2.0I found McAfee challenging to configure, and poor customer support meant we often couldn't maximize its protection, leading to persistent virus issues. Despite its stability and scalability, these critical drawbacks prompted my decision to seek a different solution.
Sales Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees4.0I've used this for four years, valuing its VPN IPSec for connecting our offices. Administration is confusing for end-users, and I desire features like load balancing, but it's stable, scalable, and support is good.
Senior Developer, shareholder at a hospitality company with 51-200 employees4.5I’ve used this stable, functional product for six years, valuing its application layer and reputation filtering. Initial HA setup and central management stability were issues, but the UI has improved significantly.
Network Analyst at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employeesAs a long-time user, I appreciate McAfee Firewall Enterprise's central management via Control Centre, stability, and GTI features. However, I encountered significant difficulties when migrating policies from version 7 to 8.
Network Engineer Info & Security at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees3.5I've used this for three years. While I appreciate its customization and good ROI, it suffers from significant hardware instability and authentication issues. SSL VPN support is missing, and technical support quality can be inconsistent.