| TABLE 1 Firewall Appliance Software Features | |||
| Feature | HP ProLiant DL320 | Network Engines NS6400 | RimApp Technology RoadBLOCK |
| Routing support | Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Routing Information Protocol (RIP)v1, RIPv2 | OSPF, RIPv1, RIPv2 | OSPF, RIPv1, RIPv2 |
| VPN server/gateway; VPN client; maximum VPN users | PPTP/L2TP/IPsec/SSL; yes; 1000 | PPTP/L2TP/IPsec/SSL; yes; 1000 | PPTP/L2TP/IPsec/SSL; yes; 1000 |
| Web proxy/caching | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VPN accelerator | Yes | No | Yes |
| SSL offload | Yes | No | Yes |
| Web management interface | No | Yes | Yes |
| GUI management interface | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Real-time failover; load balancing | No; no | Yes (hot standby); no | RainConnect; RainWall |
| Hardware redundancy | Fans | No | Disk mirror, fans |
| Update management | Via Windows Update | Via NEWS Web interface | Via Windows Update |
| Licensing | Unlimited users per processor | Unlimited users per processor | Unlimited users per processor |
| Price | $3450 | $6995 | $12,186 |