Technical Details for 3Com Embedded Firewall Policy Server 2.0

3Com Embedded Firewall Policy Server 2.0 ... 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 systems - including 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 independently - thus 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 notebooks - across the network and independent of topology.