Zyxel USG 300 Unified Security Gateway Discontinued
Unified Security Gateway for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses

Overview:

Unified Security Gateway

The Zyxel USG 300 is a fully-fledged security gateway which encompasses a complete range of progressive security solutions. It is ideal for SMB customers with up to 75 PC users and - thanks to its highly flexible configuration - it gives administrators the power to set up networks efficiently including the implementation of extensive security policies.

Security on a New Level - The Future Is Ahead. Stay Ahead with Zyxel USGs.

Utilizing networks to access internal and external mission-critical applications are common, and important as well, for small and medium-sized businesses. As faster networks bring more convenience and efficiency, businesses are facing challenges from sophisticated attacks and even cybercrime that would cause interrupted communications, degraded performance and loss of valuable information; however traditional firewalls are not capable of protecting business from such network attacks.

The Zyxel USG 300/1000/2000 Series are security platforms that offers ultra-high performance, deep packet inspection and all-in-one multi-threat protection not only to block the latest attack combinations including intrusion attempts, viruses, worms, phishing, spyware, spam and many other malware types effectively, but also to secure remote access among branch offices, partners and customers. The USG’s real-time threat detection and continuous update services provide the fastest response speed in the networking industry to deter the evolving security threats before the business is affected. The Zyxel USG 300/1000/2000 Series is ideal for small- and medium-size businesses to safeguard their network environments.

• Ultra-high performance and protection
• Comprehensive support to IPv6
• Supported various VPN solutions (IPSec/SSL/2TP)
  • Zero-configuration remote access with EASY VPN
  • Support L2TP VPN on mobile device (iPhone and Android phone)
• ICSA Firewall, IPSec certification
• Real-time, dynamic malware protection
• High Availability (HA)

Benefits:

Ultra-high performance and protection to secure business networks

The Zyxel USG 300/1000/2000 Series delivers wire-speed performance and integrated threat management for wired networks. The USG Series provides firewall throughputs of from 350 Mbps to 2 Gbps that enables businesses to protect critical applications and networks without affecting availability or performance. In addition, the USG’s unique built-in clean-traffic architecture can prevent risks such as viruses, worms, Trojan Horses, spyware, phishing attacks and other emerging Internet threats. In short, the architecture can assure clean and secure network environments for business users.

Comprehensive IPv6 support to ensure investment protection

The Zyxel USG Series is IPv6-ready today and is certified with “IPv6 Ready” gold logo. With IPv6 feature enabled, the USG Series ensures businesses with a smooth migration path from the IPv4-based networks to the full IPv6 infrastructure. It assigns IPv6 addresses to clients and passes the IPv6 traffics through the IPv4 environment. The USG Series supports dual-stack and IPv4 tunneling (6rd and 6to4 transition tunnel) implementations for Internet connectivity to access IPv6 applications. The comprehensive IPv6 features built into the USG Series ensure not only future-ready connectivity but also investment protection for businesses.IPv6 applications.

Various VPN solutions to simplify secure access

Establishing VPN tunnels is a good solution to provide a safe way to access necessary network resources remotely with any device anytime, anywhere. However due to the complicated configuration, it could be quite difficult for non-technical employees such as sales people to use. The Zyxel USG Series is equipped with the “EASY VPN” solution to push configuration files to the VPN clients automatically; this eliminates the configuration efforts while securing the access at the same time. In addition, the USG Series supports L2TP VPN technology on iPhones, Android phones and many other mobile devices as L2TP VPN enables employees in remote places to connect to the headquarters with easy and free access.

Real-time, dynamic malware protection to safeguard business networks

Web security powered by BlueCoat and Commtouch

With more valuable information being placed on the data cloud, impacts from the ever-growing cybercrime should be treated seriously. As modern malware become very sophisticated and difficult to repel, the USG’s content filter from Blue Coat and Commtouch, the leading solution provider, reduces costs and extends protection by integrating a comprehensive, continuously updated database featuring millions of URLs, IP addresses and domains. With the content filter, the USG Series not only enables real-time protection to deter emerging Web threats including malware, phishing and Zombies/bots, but also monitors or blocks certain sites to maintain employee productivity.

Email security powered by Commtouch

The Zyxel USG Series delivers industry-leading protection, powered by Commtouch, against spam, phishing and virus-laden emails. The extremely high performance of Commtouch technology comes from the unique recurrent pattern detection (RPD) mechanism that possesses its superior capability through analyzing millions of new patterns each day (24x7x365) to block all the associated messages real-time. In addition, the USG applies sender-based IP reputation to remove over 80% of unwanted mails and to take advantage of the zero-hour virus outbreak protection feature, which is capable of blocking or delaying suspicious messages hours before commercial anti-virus signatures are available.

High Availability (HA) ensures non-stop business operations

Loss of mission-critical connection can cause serious, and sometimes disastrous, consequences to businesses. The Zyxel USG 300/1000/2000 Series provides HA features to guarantee a secure, reliable connection between the protected network and the Internet.

• Multiple WAN ports and configurable load balancing between ports.
• An auxiliary (backup) Internet connection known as out-of-band management.
• A backup USG in case the master USG fails (Device HA).

Features:

Firewall ICSA-certified firewall Routing and transparent (bridge) mode Zone-based access control list Stateful packet inspection User-aware policy enforcement SIP/H.323 NAT traversal ALG supports custom ports IPv6 Support IPv6 Ready gold logo certified Dual stack IPv4 tunneling (6rd and 6to4 transition tunnel) Host/Router/Firewall Virtual Private Network (VPN) ICSA-certified IPSec VPN Algorithm: AES/3DES/DES Authentication: SHA-1, SHA-2/MD5 Key management: Manual key/IKE Perfect forward secrecy (DH groups) support 1, 2, 5 IPSec NAT traversal Dead peer detection/relay detection Virtual Private Network (VPN) PKI (X.509) certificate support Centralize VPN support Simple wizard support Auto reconnect VPN VPN HA (redundant remote VPN gateways) SSL VPN Clientless secure remote access Support reverse proxy mode and full tunnel mode Unified policy enforcement Supports two-factor authentication Customizable user portal Intrusion Detection and Prevention (IDP)*1 Routing and transparent (bridge) mode Zone-based IDP inspection Customizable protection profile Protect over 2000 attack Automatic signature updates Custom signatures Protocol anomaly detection and protection Traffic anomaly detection and protection Flooding detection and protection DoS/DDoS protection

Application Intelligence*1 (Application Patrol) Identify more than 600 applications, including IM, P2P, social netowrk, stream media, VoIP, and others Support application granularity control Manage use of Skype/MSN, GoogleTalk, Facebook at business hours, or never Block all use of P2P and Games applications all the time (or during business hours) Bandwidth management for P2P, Stream Media, File Transfer, or particular applications Daily check and auto update application signatures Real-Time statistical reports Anti-Virus*2 Support Bitdefender and Zyxel Anti-Virus Stream-based Anti-Virus engine Zone base AV protection HTTP/FTP/SMTP/POP3/IMAP4 protocol support Automatic signature updates No file size limitation Blacklist/whitelist support Anti-Spam Zone to zone protection Transparently intercept mail via SMTP/POP3 protocols POP3/SMTP port configurable Sender-based IP Reputation Filter Commtouch RPD Query Zero-hour Virus Outbreak Protection X-Header Support Blacklist/whitelist support Support DNSBL checking Spam tag support Statistics report High Availability Active-Passive mode Device failure detection and notification Support ICMP and TCP ping check Link monitoring Auto-Sync configurations Content Filtering (BlueCoat and Commtouch)*3 Social networking control Web security—Security threat category (powered by BlueCoat) URL blocking, keyword blocking Profile base setting Exempt list (blacklist and whitelist) Blocks java applet, cookies and active X Dynamic URL filtering database (powered by BlueCoat and Commtouch) Unlimited user licenses support Customize warning messages and redirect URL

Networking Routing mode/bridge mode/mixed mode Layer 2 port grouping Ethernet/PPPoE NAT/PAT Tagged VLAN (802.1Q) Virtual interface (alias interface) Policy-based routing (user-aware) Policy-based NAT (SNAT) Dynamic routing (RIP v1/v2, OSPF) DHCP client/server/relay Dynamic DNS support WAN Trunk more than 2 port Per host session limit Guaranteed bandwidth Maximum bandwidth Priority-bandwidth utilization Authentication Local user database Microsoft Windows active directory integrate External LDAP/RADIUS user database Xauth over RADIUS for IPSec VPN Forced user authentication (transparent authentication) IP/MAC address binding System Management Role-Based administration Multiple administrator login Multi-Lingual web GUI (HTTPS/HTTP) Object-based configuration Command line interface (console/web console/SSH/TELNET) SNMP v2c (MIB-II) System configuration rollback Firmware upgrade via FTP/FTP-TLS/web GUI Logging/Monitoring Comprehensive local logging Syslog (send to up to 4 servers) E-mail alert (send to up to 2 servers) Real-Time traffic monitoring Built-in daily report Advanced reporting (Vantage Report) Centralized Network Management (Vantage CNM) manageable Certification Safety CSA International Emission (EMC) FCC Part15 (Class A) CE EMC (Class A)

Note:
*1: Available for USG 300/1000/2000 models with Intrusion Detection/Prevention(IDP) subscription.
*2: Available for USG 300/1000/2000 models with Anti-Virus subscription.
*3: Available for all USG models with Content Filtering subscription.

Application Diagram:

USG clean-traffic architecture

The USG’s clean-traffic architecture protects against network risks such as viruses, worms, Trojan Horses, spyware, phishing attacks and other emerging Internet threats. With the clean-traffic architecture, enterprises users are assured to have clean and secure network environments.

EASY VPN — zero configuration remote access

When establishing VPN tunnels, it could be quite difficult for non-technical employees to use due to the complicated configuration.

The Zyxel USG Series is equipped with the “EASY VPN” solution to push configuration files to the VPN clients automatically; this eliminates the configuration efforts while securing the access at the same time.

Content Filter stops malware and Web threats

The Zyxel USG Content Filter enables businesses to protect their users and networks from malware and abuse such as spyware, phishing attacks and inappropriate P2P or IM usage. It keeps office computers from getting infected by dangerous malware and comprehensively protects business network environments.

Granular control over social networking applications

Social networking applications such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have become an Internet phenomenon allowing people to quickly connect and share information with each other. However, social networking applications could eclipse business productivity considerably without flexible management. The Zyxel USG Series prevents the Internet connection from being abused to minimize bandwidth waste or human resource policy violations. The USG Series provides granular control over the usage of social networking applications.

Specifications:

USG 300 Specifications
Hardware Specifications
10/100/1000 interfaces (Copper)		7
Dual personality GbE (SFP/RJ45)		-
USB ports		2
System Capacity & Performance*1
SPI firewall throughput*2 (Mbps)		350
VPN throughput (AES)*3 (Mbps)		130
UTM throughput (AV+IDP)*4 (Mbps)		80
Unlimited user licenses		Yes
Max. sessions*5		60,000
New session rate		1,500
Max. concurrent IPSec VPN tunnels		200
Max. concurrent SSL VPN users		25
Included SSL VPN users		2
Customizable zone		Yes
IPv6 support		Yes
Power Requirement
Input voltage		100 - 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz, 0.55 - 0.3 A
Power rating		35 W Max.
Power consumption (watt)		35
Physical Specifications
Item	Dimensions (WxDxH)(mm/in.)	430 x 201 x 42/16.93 x 7.91 x 1.65
	Weight (kg/lb.)	2.8/6.17
Packing	Dimensions (WxDxH)(mm/in.)	539 x 184 x 321/21.22 x 7.24 x 12.64
	Weight (kg/lb.)	6/13.22
Environmental Specifications
Operating temperature		0°C to 40°C/32°F to 104°F
Storage temperature		-30°C to 60°C/-22°F to 140°F
Operating humidity		5% to 90% (non-condensing)
MTBF (hr)		180,382

Note:
*1: Actual performance may vary depending on network conditions and activated applications.
*2: Maximum throughput based on RFC 2544 (1,518-byte UDP packets).
*3: VPN throughput measured based on RFC 2544 (1,424-byte UDP packets).
*4: UTM (AV and IDP) throughput measured using the industry standard IXIA IxLoad testing tool (1,460-byte HTTP packets).
*5: Maximum sessions measured using the industry standard IXIA IxLoad testing tool.
*6: With SEM-DUAL or SEM-VPN module
*7: With SEM-DUAL module

Transceivers

Model Name	Connector	Wavelength	Max Transmission Distance (km/yd)	Optical Budget	Laser Transmitter Characteristics		Receiver Characteristics
					Maximum Launch Power	Minimum Launch Power	Optical Receiver Sensibility	Maximum Input Power
SFP-SX-D	LC	850 nm	0.55/601	7.5 dB	-4 dBm	-9.5 dBm	-17 dBm	-3 dBm
SFP-LX-10-D	LC	1310 nm	10/10936	10.5 dB	-3 dBm	-9.5 dBm	-20 dBm	-3 dBm
SFP-LHX1310-40-D	LC	1310 nm	40/43744	21 dB	+3 dBm	-2 dBm	-23 dBm	-3 dBm
SFP-ZX-80-D	LC	1310 nm	80/87488	24 dB	+5 dBm	0 dBm	-24 dBm	-3 dBm

Model Comparison:

Model Name		USG 300	USG 1000	USG 2000
Product Images
Hardware Specifications
10/100/1000 interfaces (Copper)		7	5	6
Dual personality GbE (SFP/RJ45)		-	-	2
USB ports		2	2	2
System Capacity & Performance*1
SPI firewall throughput*2 (Mbps)		350	400	2,000
VPN throughput (AES)*3 (Mbps)		130	180	600*6
UTM throughput (AV+IDP)*4 (Mbps)		80	100	400*7
Unlimited user licenses		Yes	Yes	Yes
Max. sessions*5		60,000	500,000	1,000,000
New session rate		1,500	12,000	20,000
Max. concurrent IPSec VPN tunnels		200	1,000	2,000
Max. concurrent SSL VPN users		25	250	750*7
Included SSL VPN users		2	5	5
Customizable zone		Yes	Yes	Yes
IPv6 support		Yes	Yes	Yes
Power Requirement
Input voltage		100 - 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz, 0.55 - 0.3 A	100 - 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz, 1 A Max.	100 - 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz, 3 - 6 A
Power rating		35 W Max.	80 W Max.	200 W Max.
Power consumption (watt)		35	80	200
Physical Specifications
Item	Dimensions (WxDxH)(mm/in.)	430 x 201 x 42/16.93 x 7.91 x 1.65	431 x 292 x 43.5/16.97 x 11.50 x 1.71	430 x 487 x 89/16.93 x 19.17 x 3.50
	Weight (kg/lb.)	2.8/6.17	4.7/10.36	10.5/23.15
Packing	Dimensions (WxDxH)(mm/in.)	539 x 184 x 321/21.22 x 7.24 x 12.64	529 x 411 x 194/20.83 x 16.18 x 7.64	607 x 551 x 295/23.90 x 21.70 x 11.6
	Weight (kg/lb.)	6/13.22	6.5/14.33	14.2/31.31
Environmental Specifications
Operating temperature		0°C to 40°C/32°F to 104°F
Storage temperature		-30°C to 60°C/-22°F to 140°F
Operating humidity		5% to 90% (non-condensing)
MTBF (hr)		180,382	51,611	99,141

Note:
*1: Actual performance may vary depending on network conditions and activated applications.
*2: Maximum throughput based on RFC 2544 (1,518-byte UDP packets).
*3: VPN throughput measured based on RFC 2544 (1,424-byte UDP packets).
*4: UTM (AV and IDP) throughput measured using the industry standard IXIA IxLoad testing tool (1,460-byte HTTP packets).
*5: Maximum sessions measured using the industry standard IXIA IxLoad testing tool.
*6: With SEM-DUAL or SEM-VPN module
*7: With SEM-DUAL module

Documentation:

Download the Zyxel USG 300 Datasheet (PDF).