Non-Physical Features - ZyXEL Communications ZyWALL 5 User Manual

1.2.2 Non-Physical Features

Transparent Firewall
Transparent firewall is also known as a bridge firewall. The ZyWALL can act as a bridge and
still have the capability of filtering and inspecting the packets between a router and the LAN,
or two routers. You do not need to do any other changes to your existing network.
SIP Passthrough
The ZyWALL includes a SIP Application Layer Gateway (ALG). It allows VoIP calls to pass
through NAT by examining and translating IP addresses embedded in the data stream.
STP (Spanning Tree Protocol) / RSTP (Rapid STP)
When the ZyWALL is set to bridge mode, (R)STP detects and breaks network loops and
provides backup links between switches, bridges or routers. It allows a bridge to interact with
other (R)STP -compliant bridges in your network to ensure that only one path exists between
any two stations on the network.
Bandwidth Management
Bandwidth management allows you to allocate network resources according to defined
policies. This policy-based bandwidth allocation helps your network to better handle real-time
applications such as Voice-over-IP (VoIP).
IPSec VPN Capability
Establish a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to connect with business partners and branch
offices using data encryption and the Internet to provide secure communications without the
expense of leased site-to-site lines. The ZyWALL VPN is based on the IPSec standard and is
fully interoperable with other IPSec-based VPN products.
X-Auth (Extended Authentication)
X-Auth provides added security for VPN by requiring each VPN client to use a username and
password.
Certificates
The ZyWALL can use certificates (also called digital IDs) to authenticate users. Certificates
are based on public-private key pairs. Certificates provide a way to exchange public keys for
use in authentication.
SSH
The ZyWALL uses the SSH (Secure Shell) secure communication protocol to provide secure
encrypted communication between two hosts over an unsecured network.
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