6WIND Virtual Firewall is a high-performance, cloud-native firewall that provides advanced Layer 3 and Layer 4 security, routing, and segmentation for virtualized and cloud environments, supporting scalable deployments, multi-tenancy, and comprehensive protection for enterprise and service provider networks.
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Virtual Firewall (vFW)
The 6WIND Virtual Firewall (vFW) is a high-performance, cloud-native Layer 3/Layer 4 firewall designed to secure modern virtualized and cloud environments. It delivers scalable, efficient, and comprehensive defense for enterprises and service providers, combining advanced firewalling with full routing capabilities. The vFW is deployable as a physical, virtual, or containerized network function on x86 and ARM COTS servers, supporting both private and public clouds.
Features
- Layer 3/Layer 4 stateful firewalling and stateless filtering
- Application groups, network groups, and security zones
- High throughput, high connection rate, and large session capacity
- Full routing stack: static and dynamic routing (BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, RIP, ECMP, PBR)
- Multi-tenancy with VRF/L3VRF and network micro-segmentation
- Network address translation (NAT)
- Advanced DDoS protection
- Quality of Service (QoS): rate limiting, class-based classification, shaping, policing, scheduling
- Support for IPv4 and IPv6 dual stack
- Encapsulation: GRE, mGRE, VLAN (802.1Q, QinQ), VXLAN, LAG, Ethernet bridge
- Comprehensive management: CLI, NETCONF/YANG, SNMP, telemetry, RBAC, Syslog, sFlow, IPFIX, Netflow
- Carrier-grade security: ACLs (stateless & stateful), uRPF, control plane protection, BGP FlowSpec, IPsec with IKE v1/v2, encryption
- Flexible deployment: bare metal, virtual machines, containers (Kubernetes/Docker), public clouds
Capabilities
- Provides robust L3/L4 firewalling for virtualized and cloud environments
- Enables secure network segmentation and multi-tenancy
- Delivers high-performance routing and firewalling in a single solution
- Supports advanced automation and orchestration for rapid deployment
- Integrates with SDN and cloud management platforms
- Scales efficiently to meet growing security and performance demands
- Protects against a wide range of cyber threats and DDoS attacks
Benefits
- Reduces complexity and cost by consolidating firewall and routing functions
- Accelerates time-to-service and simplifies network scaling
- Minimizes hardware requirements and operational expenses
- Enhances network security and reliability for enterprise and service provider deployments
- Provides flexibility to adapt to evolving network and security needs
- Supports green IT initiatives by optimizing energy and resource usage