3Com Embedded Firewall

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Manufacturer: 3Com
Mfr Part: 3CRFW025-PS-97

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Product Code: VH20000

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Description

Centralized management software for 3Com Firewall PCI and PC Cards; supports 8,333 firewall clients

Central Management Server for Embedded-Firewall Clients

3Com Embedded Firewall Policy Server software works with our 3Com Firewall PCI and PC Cards (sold separately) to extend highly tamper-resistant firewall filtering and auditing capabilities to servers and desktops across the enterprise, both inside and outside the network perimeter. The policy server provides essential management capabilities for your installed base of firewall-enabled systemsincluding telecommuter PCs, mobile notebooks, VPN gateways, shared servers, DMZ subnets, Web servers, contractor desktops, and "always-on" broadband connections.

The unique combination of central management software and distributed firewall hardware delivers a superior grade of robust reliability and tamper resistance that software-only security can't match. Each firewall card uses an onboard RISC processor to enforce security transparently to end users, local applications, and operating systems. This hardware-enforced protection is practically impervious to Internet attacks, end user actions, or malicious code.

Equally important, only an authenticated policy server can communicate with and configure the distributed firewall cards. Therefore, even if an embedded firewall-enabled system is successfully corrupted, the firewall card continues to work independentlythus preventing its host system from being used as a launching pad for further network invasion.

Once the 3Com Embedded Firewall Policy Server is installed, you can easily and cost-effectively deploy network security when and where it's needed by simply installing firewall cards on a system-by-system basis. Then, use the policy server to update the security policies and push them to your firewall-enabled servers, desktops, and notebooksacross the network and independent of topology.

Provides superior resistance to user modifications, unauthorized access, and malicious e-mail scripts; firewall cards only accept instructions from authenticated policy servers.

Facilitates assigning security by group role or function and accelerates response to detected network attacks; centrally configured and deployed security policies are pushed to users and hosts independent of routers or traffic streams.

Configures global policies that automate firewall filtering and auditing, enforce no sniffing/no spoofing, block unnecessary ports, and deny "ping" requests.

Secures open Internet connections, such as VPN endpoints and broadband access gateways, located inside or outside the perimeter firewall.

Protects users with multiple levels of protection wherever they workmore relaxed for internal LAN connections and more restricted for shared and Internet-accessible systems.

Hardens web and e-commerce servers, DMZ subnets, and customer databases against Internet attacks and unauthorized access.

Limits system-to-system communications when connecting outside the network perimeter; automatically ignores nonessential protocols, shuts down unnecessary ports, denies "ping" requests, and disables packet sniffing and IP spoofing.

Provides around-the-clock peace of mind; if firewall cards cannot communicate with the policy server, they will default to your maximum security levels.

Complements other 802.3-standard compliant security solutionsincluding security services switches, firewall/VPNs, antivirus scanners, and intrusion-detection systems (IDSs).

Lowers IT administration costs with 24/7 intrusion resistance that helps eliminate false alarms generated by IDS monitoring.

Flexibly supports any combination of firewall-enabled desktops, servers, or notebooks up to 8,333 firewall clients.

Features

Security: IPSec, 3DES, DES, SHA-1, MD5, RFC 2402, firewall policies
Firewall filtering: IP protocols only, non IP protocols (IPX, NetBEUI, PPPoE) can be blocked or passed through without filtering.
Network protocols: TCP/IP, UDP, ISO 8802-3
Clients supported: Each 3Com� Embedded Firewall Policy Server supports up to 8,333 firewall-enabled systems; as many as three policy servers can be combined within a domain that supports 25,000 firewall client systems.
System Requirements: Pentium III, 1GHz, or faster, 250 MB hard drive, 512 MB RAM, 256-color monitor, screen resolution 800 x 600 or higher, Microsoft Windows 2003, 2000, or XP, Internet Explorer 5.01 or later recommended, 3Com Firewall PCI Card (3CRFW200B or 3CRFW220B)