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-1. Introduction

This document outlines the differences between Radware multi-homing products: 1. LinkProof: a full-featured, high-performing link manager designed for

bandwidth-intensive and performance-demanding networks. Usually, these networks are found at the headquarters and regional offices of large enterprises. LinkProof manages the operation of all Internet links across multi-homed networks, optimizing content delivery for reliable, cost-effective and secure connectivity.

Depending on the traffic throughput requirements and IP Application performance needs of the network, LinkProof can be deployed any one of Radware’s three Application Switch platforms. From large regional offices through leading national carriers, the Application Switch platforms provide an all-encompassing multi-homing solution.

2. LinkProof EL: a limited throughput link manager targeted at regional offices. Sold only on the Application Switch I platform, LinkProof EL has two major limitations. First, the bandwidth is limited to 10 MB with the North American (NA) license, and 5 MB with the Rest of the World (ROW) license. Second, there is no ability to purchase a SynApps license.

However, LinkProof EL is upgradeable to a full, unlimited bandwidth LinkProof with a change of license. Customers can then choose to add a SynApps license.

3. LinkProof Branch: a small desktop box with feature set designed to meet the needs of Remote Offices and Branch Offices (ROBO). LinkProof Branch provides ROBOs with increased connectivity flexibility, leading to sharply reduced connectivity costs. Offices are also able, for the first time, to maintain accelerated and uninterrupted connectivity to the central office by intelligently routing Internet traffic, including VPN sessions, across multiple Internet links. In this way, organizations benefit from increased employee productivity while saving connectivity costs.

4. UpLink - is a small desktop box that enables small and medium enterprises (SME) to manage two independent ISP links simultaneously, enabling businesses to deploy more cost-effective connectivity solutions. By connecting UpLink on the edge of their local network, enterprises benefit both from the ability to multi-home their network, thus guaranteeing 24/7 Internet connectivity while significantly reducing connectivity costs. .

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Application Switch III

Carriers and Large Enterprise HQ

Unlimited Yes 1 10 Gbe +7 Gbe +16 FE Rack mount LinkProof Application Switch II Carriers and Large Enterprise HQ

Unlimited Yes 5 Gbe +16 FE Or 7 Gbe Rack mount LinkProof Application Switch I Large Regional Office Unlimited Yes 8 FE Or 8 FE+2 Gbe Rack mount LinkProof EL Regional Office 5 MB ROW 10MB NA Two steps upgrade path 8FE Or 8 FE+2 Gbe Rack mount LinkProof Branch ROBO 5 MB No 8 FE Desk top

UpLink SME 5 MB Simplified

BWM

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Comparison

The following table lists the features of our multi-homing solution:

Feature UpLink LinkProof

Branch

LinkProof EL LinkProof on Application Switch I, II, and III Upgradeable to SynApps No1 _{Yes, to a limited} application Yes, in two steps Yes

Port Options 8 FE 8 FE 8 FE Varies with

respect to platform (see above) Supported NHRs (Service Providers) 2 10 10 10 Bandwidth Limit 5 MB 5 MB 5 MB ROW license 10 MB NA license ASI: 200 MB ASII: 1GB ASIII: 3 GB Device

Management • Web-based Management • Secure web based management • Enhanced CLI • Configware Insite • Telnet • SSH • Web-based Management • Secure web-based management Same as LinkProof Branch Same as LinkProof Branch and LinkProof EL Health Monitoring Ping checks to local routers, and two Service Provider’s NHRs. Advanced Health Monitoring: Fully configurable health checks, with the ability to define any layer 2 through 7 health checks on any network element, up to 10 elements in a path. Same as LinkProof Branch Same as LinkProof Branch and LinkProof EL

1_{If a possible future upgrade is needed, LinkProof EL on Application Switch I should be offered, which has full functionality}

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Branch

LinkProof EL LinkProof on Application Switch I, II, and III

Port Rules None Yes Yes Yes

Device Redundancy Yes, proprietary redundancy with another UpLink Yes, proprietary protocol and VRRP support Same as LinkProof Branch Same as LinkProof Branch and LinkProof EL Link Load Balancing Algorithms Inbound & Outbound traffic • Round Robin • Least amount of traffic • Least amount of bytes Inbound & Outbound traffic • Round Robin • Least amount of traffic • Fewest Number of Users • Windows NT SNMP statistics. • Hashing • Response time Same as LinkProof Branch Same as LinkProof Branch and LinkProof EL Firewall and VPN load balancing

No Yes Yes Yes

Multi-site multi-link load balancing for VPN sessions

No Yes Yes Yes

Network Proximity Checks

Yes. Users can configure: Weights to consider hops and latency

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Branch

LinkProof EL LinkProof on Application Switch I, II, and III

DNS Support

Yes Yes Yes Yes

VLAN Support

For only one VLAN

Yes Yes Yes

Bandwidth Management Limited functionality for only four services: HTTP, HTTPS, Mail, and FTP. Limited Chargeable upgrade to full SynApps Bandwidth Management Full SynApps Bandwidth Management: • Full control

over the traffic Classifier, which provides a very flexible policy definition. • Various prioritization levels into queues. • Ability to limit, guarantee and borrow bandwidth. See BWM documentation for more detail.

Application Security