3Com® Firewall PC Card with 10/100 LAN, Type III - 3CRFW103
3COM  3Com® Firewall PC Card with 10/100 LAN, Type III 3CRFW103
The 3COM 3CRFW103 you're interested in is a: Embedded firewall hardware with integrated RJ-45 connector for a notebook PC; supports 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX Ethernet LANs with UTP cabling.
Distributed Firewall Hardware for Mobile Notebooks
The 3Com® Firewall PC Card with 10/100 LAN, Type III works with our 3Com
Embedded Firewall Policy Server or Starter Policy Server (required and sold
separately) to extend firewall filtering and auditing capabilities across your
enterprise—both inside and outside the network perimeter.
These centrally
managed firewall cards protect your mobile notebooks with superior
tamper-resistance that software-only firewalls can't match. Built into each
firewall card is 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, the firewall card can be configured
and managed only through an authenticated 3Com Embedded Firewall Policy Server.
Even if a protected system is corrupted, the firewall card prevents its host
from being used as a launching pad for further invasion into the
network.
This firewall card for CardBus-compatible notebooks replaces the
conventional Ethernet or Fast Ethernet LAN connection for a Type III PC Card
slot or two vertically stacked Type II slots. In Windows 2003, 2000 or XP
environments, it offloads TCP and security tasks to boost system performance.
The included 3Com Mobile Connection Manager software gives mobile users secure
network access from multiple locations with a single click.
It's easy to
expand network security in economical increments by simply installing firewall
cards on a system-by-system basis, as needed. Once the firewall cards are
installed, use the policy server to configure and push security policies to
firewall-enabled notebooks across the network.
Provides superior resistance to malicious code, hostile users, unauthorized
access, and disabling; firewall cards only accept instructions from
authenticated policy servers
Facilitates assigning security by group role or function and enables
immediate response to detected network attacks
Receives centrally configured and deployed security policies and management
instructions from authenticated policy servers, independent of routers or
traffic streams
Provides host-independent enforcement, 24x7 intrusion resistance, and robust
security functionality that bolsters administrative confidence in the safety of
the network
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 mobile systems against Internet attacks and unauthorized access
independent of their location, even when connecting to someone else's
LAN
Automatically limits system-to-system communication when connecting outside
the network perimeter; 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
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