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McAfee StoneGate [EOL] Reviews

Vendor: McAfee

3.5 out of 5

3 reviews
66% willing to recommend

2,212 followers

What is McAfee StoneGate [EOL]?

StoneGate is a Highly Available Firewall/VPN. The StoneGate fault-tolerant VPN maintains sessions across multiple VPN devices and multiple Internet or network connections, regardless of device or connection failures. StoneGate provides Security, Manageability, Availability, and Scalability thus reducing network security complexity and costs. Stonesoft was the inventor of high availability for security solutions and a recognized leader in network security.

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Network Security Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

Apprism is valuable It has given us better application control. It's not user friendly in terms of administration, and it doesn't support SSL VPN. I've been using it for three years. There were issues with the HA cluster. HA failover is not stable. So far we haven't had any issues.…

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Computer Framework at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

It is important for us in case of a disaster, or in case of a failure of one server. This means that the high availability is the most important part for us. It is important for us that the system is available and no connection is going to be lost if the system is restarting one note, or something like that. This is the main request for us for a good firewall protection product.

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Presales System Engineer with 51-200 employees

High availability is very consistent Good firewalling Stability Before the installation of the firewall, the network was divided into less zones and the administration was more difficult to manage. The hardware needs improving as we had a lot of problems with the hard drive reliability, both…

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Key learnings from peers

Valuable Features

"We did not have issues with scalabiliy."
"It works well with a highly-active cluster."

Room for Improvement

"After some experience with the solution, we had to do some redesign, but generally, we were happy with the product."

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McAfee StoneGate [EOL] was previously known as McAfee Next Generation Firewall, Stonesoft, Intel Next Generation Firewall, Intel Security StoneGate.

McAfee StoneGate [EOL] customers

Avency, R€SLER Oberfl_chentechnik GmbH, MAUSER Group, CEMEX, Cegedim, Fusion Media Networks

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Network Security Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

Verified user of McAfee StoneGate [EOL]

Jul 20, 2015

Product version discussed: 8

The HA cluster had issues during deployment, but the solution gives us better application control than with our previous solution.

What is most valuable?

Apprism is valuable.

How has it helped my organization?

It has given us better application control.

*Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.

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Computer Framework at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Verified user of McAfee StoneGate [EOL]

Nov 5, 2018

It works well with a highly-active cluster.

Pros

"It works well with a highly-active cluster."

Cons

"After some experience with the solution, we had to do some redesign, but generally, we were happy with the product."

What is our primary use case?

My primary use case is for firewall protection. It is a highly available cluster for firewall protection of a site.

How has it helped my organization?

It is important for us in case of a disaster, or in case of a failure of one server. This means that the high availability is the most important part for us. It is important for us that the system is available and no connection is going to be lost if the system is restarting one note, or something like that. This is the main request for us for a good firewall protection product.

*Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.

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Presales System Engineer with 51-200 employees

Verified user of McAfee StoneGate [EOL]

Mar 31, 2015

It's not so complicated to set up but the hard drive has some issues.

What is most valuable?

High availability is very consistent
Good firewalling
Stability

How has it helped my organization?

Before the installation of the firewall, the network was divided into less zones and the administration was more difficult to manage.

*Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: We are a reseller.

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