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Extra Services: Managed Firewalls

Network security is paramount to the stability and sustainability of any online service. We are pleased to host and maintain Managed Firewalls on our VMware cluster, providing hardware independent and resilient firewalls, based on hardened pfSense appliances.

Our Managed Firewalls allow you to focus on the day-to-day operations of your business without having to devote time or resources to network security. Managed Firewalls are ideal for all types of collocation customer, from single server users to full rack occupiers.

Running firewall appliances on our VMware cluster means the appliances run on a standard hardware set, free from hardware failures and physical network problems. If there’s a problem with a VMware cluster node, all Managed Firewalls are rebooted on another node.

Hardened pfSense appliance features

• Filtering by source / destination IP, protocol, source / destination port.
• Extensive logging.
• Grouping of IP’s networks and ports into aliases.
• Stateful Layer 2 firewall.
• Port forwarding.
• 1:1 NAT.
• Outbound NAT.
• NAT reflection.
• IPSEC VPN tunnels.
• FTP “pasv mode” proxy.
• DHCP server and relay.
• Captive portal.

Easy updates

Updating firewall rules, NAT redirections or requesting changes is easy; simply submit a support ticket detailing what you need changing and we’ll do the rest. Firewall rule changes are only done Mon-Fri 9am – 6pm.

Emergency changes can be done out of hours, but are subject to our Out of Hours (OoH) callout / charging policy.

Costs

• Managed Firewalls cost £100 a year.

Updates / changes to rules are free during office hours. Out of Hours emergency changes attract a £60 callout fee and £60 per hour (min one hour).

Contact us

To purchase your Managed Firewall in the Sheffield Data Centre, call us on 0114 228 0022 or use our online contact form.

All prices exclude VAT.