Fireware Migration Guide 5
Comparing WFS and Fireware Pro
Dynam ic Routing Yes No N/A Basically sam e UI as in Vclass.
We intend to make this user-
friendly in a future release.
VLAN Future
Release
N/A
DHCP Client Yes Yes Yes
DHCP S erver Yes Yes Improved Multiple ranges for each interface
can turn on/off per interface.
PPPoE Client Yes Yes Yes
Drop-In M ode Future
Release
Feature dropped for 8.0. Will
reappear in a subsequent
release with improved behavior.
High
Availability
Active / Standby Yes Yes Improved G enerally, an improvem ent over
WFS HA. O ne noticeable
change though is you have to
dedicate an interface to HA.
Active / Active Future
Release
Application
Layer Filtering
HTTP Inbound Yes No N/A WFS does not support inbound
HTTP application layer filtering.
HTTP Outbound Yes No No A big improvem ent over WFS in
terms of configuration
capabilities and security.
WebBlocker Yes Yes Yes Uses sam e server as WFS
SM TP-Incom ing Yes No No An improvem ent over WFS in
terms of configuration
capabilities.
SM TP-Outgoing Yes No No An improvement over WFS in
terms of configuration
capabilities.
Gatew ay Antiviru s
SM TP
Yes Yes Yes
FTP Proxy Yes No No • An improvement over WFS in
terms of configuration
capabilities.
• Exception: doesn't proxy data
channel.
DNS Proxy Yes No Almost An improvem ent over WFS in
terms of configuration
capabilities.
Outgoing (TC P)
proxy
Yes No Almost
IDS/IPS (PAD) Yes No Yes Enhanced PAD capabilities with
new proxy architecture
IPS (signature
based)
Yes No N/A New in Firew are 8.0
Feature or Functional Area Com plete E ase
of
Use
Like
WFS
Notes
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