3Com® Embedded Firewall Starter Policy Server - 3CRFW020-97-STRPS
3COM  3Com® Embedded Firewall Starter Policy Server 3CRFW020-97-STRPS
The 3COM 3CRFW020-97-STRPS you're interested in is a: Centralized management software for 3Com® Firewall PCI and PC Cards; supports 10 firewall clients.
Central Management Server for Embedded-Firewall
Clients
The 3Com® Embedded Firewall Starter Policy Server is a 10-client
version of our embedded firewall management software. It supports the same
feature set as the full version and likewise is required for configuring and
managing 3Com Firewall PCI and PC Cards (sold separately). This cost-saving
offering lets your IT staff test-run embedded firewalls on a smaller scale. It's
also convenient for securing smaller networks.
Together, the policy
server and firewall cards extend centrally managed, hardware-enforced security
to notebooks, desktops, and servers across the organization-inside and outside
the network perimeter. This unique firewall solution combines management
software and distributed hardware to deliver superior tamper-resistance that
software-only firewalls can't match.
Only authenticated policy servers
can communicate with and configure the distributed firewall cards. Firewall
cards operate independently of their host systems and are practically impervious
to Internet attacks, user actions, or malicious code. In other words, even if an
embedded firewall-enabled system is invaded, it's practically impossible to
exploit as an attack launching pad.
The 3Com Embedded Firewall Starter
Policy Server and Firewall Cards are standards-based to complement your
defense-in-depth strategy and enhance other security products, including
security services switches, firewall/VPNs, antivirus software, and intrusion
detection systems (IDS). Once the policy server is installed, firewall cards can
be flexibly added on a system-by-system basis when and where they're needed.
Facilitates assigning security by group role or function and accelerates
response to detected network attacks; centrally configured and deployed security
policies can be pushed to users and hosts independent of routers or traffic
streams
Configures global policies that automate packet filtering and auditing
chores, enforce no sniffing/no spoofing, block unnecessary ports, and deny
"ping" requests
Provides superior resistance to malicious code, user modifications, and
unauthorized access; firewall cards only accept instructions from authenticated
policy servers
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 work—more
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 communication 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 solutions—including
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 10 firewall clients maximum
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