Novell BorderManager Enterprise Edition Overview and Planning

This documentation presents an overview of the Novell^® BorderManager^TM components and provides the background information you need to plan your implementation of this software. It includes the following chapters:

• Overview

  This chapter contains an overview of Novell BorderManager components and features, and includes information on network security, firewall technologies, network performance, and network management.

• Packet Filtering Overview and Planning

  This chapter contains an overview of packet filtering and describes how you can use packet filtering to control Internet access.

• Access Control Overview and Planning

  This chapter contains an overview of access control and describes how you can use access rules with Novell BorderManager services.

• Novell IP Gateway and NAT Overview and Planning

  This chapter contains an overview of Novell IP Gateway and Network Address Translation (NAT), and describes how you can use these features in your network.

• Proxy Services Overview and Planning

  This chapter contains an overview of the Proxy Services and describes how you can use the various features as part of your Novell BorderManager network solution.

• Virtual Private Network Overview and Planning

  This chapter contains an overview of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) and describes VPN topology configuration options.

• Novell BorderManager Planning Scenarios

  This chapter contains a set of scenarios that show how a company uses various components of Novell BorderManager to solve its networking and security problems.

• BorderManager Authentication Services Overview and Planning

  This chapter contains an overview of Novell BorderManager Authentication Services, which enables remote users to dial in to NetWare^® networks and access network information and resources in a secure manner.