3Com® Embedded Firewall Policy Server - 3CR010PS-1-97B
3COM  3Com® Embedded Firewall Policy Server 3CR010PS-1-97B
The 3COM 3CR010PS-1-97B you're interested in is a: Centralized management software for 3Com® firewall cards; supports 1,000 firewall clients.
Central Control, Distributed Protection
3Com®
Embedded Firewall Policy Server software works with our family of 3Com Firewall
PCI and PC Cards (sold separately), extending firewall filtering and auditing
capabilities across your enterprise—including PCs located inside and outside the
network perimeter. Together, our policy server and firewall cards deliver
tamper-resistant security for telecommuter systems, mobile notebooks, VPN
gateways, shared servers, DMZ subnets, Web servers, onsite desktops, and
"always-on" broadband connections. (The 3Com Embedded Firewall Policy Server is
required to configure and manage 3Com firewall cards.)
This unique
combination of distributed firewall hardware and central management software
delivers superior protection and flexibility that software-only firewalls can't
match. The critical advantage of our firewall cards over software-only products
is tamper resistance. Each firewall card has an onboard RISC processor that
enforces security transparently to end users, local applications, and operating
systems. This embedded firewall hardware is practically impervious to Internet
attacks, end user actions, or malicious code.
Equally important, each
firewall card can be configured and managed only through an authenticated 3Com
Embedded Firewall Policy Server. Even if a protected system is invaded, the
firewall card prevents a corrupted host from being used as a launching pad for
further invasion into the network.
Our policy server and firewall cards
let you efficiently and cost-effectively deploy network security when and where
it's needed. You can distribute tamper-resistant security by installing firewall
cards on a scalable system-by-system basis. Then, use the 3Com Embedded Firewall
Policy Server to configure policies appropriate for the desired level of
security and push those policies across the network to the firewall cards.
Our policy server and firewall cards let you easily assign security to a
group role or function and respond quickly to detected network attacks
Although managed centrally, security enforcement is embedded in firewall
card hardware—making it extremely resistant to malicious code, hostile users,
unauthorized access, and disabling
Use the policy server to configure global policies that automate packet
filtering and auditing chores, enforce no sniffing/no spoofing, block
unnecessary ports, and deny "ping" requests
Centrally deployed policies can be pushed to users or hosts independent of
routers or traffic streams; firewall cards accept instructions only from
authenticated policy servers
Use firewall cards to secure open Internet connections, such as VPN end
points and broadband access gateways, located inside or outside the perimeter
firewall
To protect users wherever they work, firewall cards can support multiple
levels of protection—more relaxed for internal LAN connections and more
restricted for shared and Internet-accessible systems
Firewall cards let you harden Web and e-commerce servers, DMZ subnets, and
customer databases against Internet attacks and unauthorized access
Outside the network perimeter, the firewall card automatically applies
security policies that limit system-to-system communication—such as blocking
unnecessary protocols and ports, denying "ping" requests, and disabling packet
sniffing and IP spoofing
For extra peace of mind, firewall cards can be configured to default to your
highest level of security if they cannot communicate with the policy
server
This fully 802.3-compliant solution complements and enhances the protection
you're currently using—including perimeter firewalls, antivirus scanners, VPNs,
and intrusion-detection systems (IDSs)
Firewall cards can lower IT administration costs by adding 24
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