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Exploring firewalls

Exploring firewalls

IBM Cloud® offers several firewalls to choose from. The following table compares the firewall solutions to help you choose the one that's right for you. To learn more about the individual offering, click its name in the table.

Table 1: A comparison of IBM's firewall offerings
This table shows all of IBM's firewall offerings, and provides links to their documentation.
Security Groups (VSI only) IBM Cloud Juniper vSRX Standard Virtual Router Appliance FortiGate Security Appliance 10 Gbps Hardware Firewall Cloud Internet Services
Stateful Packet Inspection Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon IP firewall only
Public Network Protection Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
Private Network Protection Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
Ingress Rules Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon IP Firewall only
Egress Rules Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
Single Tenant Appliance Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
VLAN Protection Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
Multi-VLAN Support Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
NAT Support Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
SSL/IPsec VPN Termination Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
Open VPN Termination Checkmark icon Only with single port on TCP/UDP
HA Option N/A Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Using range and load balancers
Manage from API & Portal Yes Appliance GUI Appliance GUI Appliance GUI Yes Yes
10 Gbps Support N/A Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
NGFW Add-ons (IPS, AV, WF) Checkmark icon Checkmark icon TLS encryption, IP Firewall rules, and Proxy Protocol v1