I am looking for vSphere users interested in testing the new version of our firewall which uses the new "VMsafe" APIs in vSphere.
Overview: Altor VF is a firewall built for the virtual infrastructure, to allow firewall policy to be defined for all your VMs. The policies are centrally managed for all VMs, via the Altor Center management virtual appliance.
Using VMsafe we integrate the firewall at the vSwitch level, allowing firewall controls of all traffic to or from each VM, effectively wrapping each VM in its own firewall policy.
It fully supports VMotion, and is integrated with the vCenter server to have knowledge of VM inventory and VM configuration + state.
System Requirements:
ESX 4 or ESXi 4 (GA Version)
vCenter 4 (GA Version)
(The product also supports VI3 / ESX 3.0-3.5, but we're primarily looking for vSphere users, to use the new VMsafe integration)
We will begin the beta shortly after the General Availability (GA) release of vSphere is available.
Please either send me a private message here, or e-mail vmsafe@altornetworks.com
Thanks,
Todd Ignasiak
Director of Product Management
Altor Networks
I've been getting some questions on the VMsafe version of VF, so I'll post here to clarify a bit:
Q: Does Altor VF work with Cisco 1000V and the VMware Distributed vSwitch?
A: Yes. VF integrates via VMsafe, which works with all vSwitches. This includes the Cisco 1000V, VMware Distributed vSwitch, or the standard VMware vSwitch.
Q: Does the Altor VF require re-configuration of the virtual network / vSwitches?
A: No. VMsafe plugs into the vSwitch processing, securing the VMs without changing their network configuration. The VMsafe firewall logically sits between the VM's vNIC and the vSwitch port.
Q: Can you firewall hosts within the same Port Group / VLAN?
A: Yes. VMsafe allows access to all packets to/from a VM, securing inter-VM communications regardless of their network location.
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Feel free to e-mail me with any more questions, and if you would like to check out the Beta version, please e-mail:
vmsafe@altornetworks.com
