WAF Discontinuation : Looking Forward with SMA500v

Halon5

Hey Licensing

Recently the Web Application Firewall appliance was discontinued.

We had employed this as part of strategy being a small MSP and had intended to resell it.

The SMA500v employs that WAF (same?) feature.

We need to be able to offer a similar STEPPED licensing price point as per the WAF license that was offered when a dedicated appliance.

Starting with :-

SONICWALL WAF FOR 1 PRO WEBSITE 10 GB MONTHLY WITH 24X7 SUPPORT 1YR

SMA500v doesn't offer that ?

Thanks, Stephan.

raul_cuevas

Hi @Halon5 ,

The new licensing is going to be based on max concurrent users instead of Website/Traffic usage. You can check further with Sales for the Stepped user licenses available and build your strategy based on that.

You can get more info here:

https://www.sonicwall.com/support/product-notification/notice-web-application-firewall-waf-reaches-end-of-sale-february-1-2020/200121094919150/

Kind regards

Halon5

Hi @raul_cuevas ,

The SMA500v user licensing (as it stands) at least, is not a solution to the WAF licensing issue which is quite different.

There still is no granular steeped licensing for the WAF component on SMA100 series.

I am aware of the link you have pointed out. There is nothing "new" about it. Its the WAF appliance pricing that was "new" (and quite palatable).

Sonicwall dumped the WAF product almost immediately after releasing it? After having put it in place for just a year its been impossible to obtain a renewal?

S.

Vijay_Kumar_KV

As we know WAF is in maintenance mode, if any critical functionality issues please open a ticket and we can check with engineering to get a fix or possible workaround.

For license part of Waf with SMA500 please check with Sonicwall PM.