BorderManager Firewall Services 3, BorderManager VPN Services 3 Now Available As
Stand-Alone Solutions
ATLANTA, GA (NetWorld+Interop Show) Oct. 20, 1998 At the Networld + Interop trade show today, Novell Inc. announced two new additions to its BorderManager family of Internet security management products based on Novell Directory Services® (NDS) BorderManager Firewall Services 3 and BorderManager Virtual Private Network Services (VPN) 3. BorderManager Firewall delivers high performance, directory-based security policy management, enabling customers of all sizes to protect confidential data and manage user access to Internet and intranet resources securely and cost-effectively. BorderManager VPN provides the most cost effective method for securely connecting remote offices, mobile users, customers and suppliers accessing confidential data over the Internet.
Both products, which have entered final beta testing, deliver seamless integration with NDS,
allowing
customers to enforce tight security policies for internal, external and remote access users while
significantly lowering security administration costs through single sign on services and
centralized
management.
BorderManager Firewall Services 3 and BorderManager VPN Services 3 will ship as stand alone
solutions or as integrated components of BorderManager Enterprise Edition 3, Novell's complete
Internet
security management suite designed for NDS networks. In addition to VPN and firewall,
BorderManager
Enterprise Edition 3, also in final beta testing, includes tightly integrated RADIUS authentication
and
caching services.
"Once again Novell has demonstrated the power of a network directory to simplify the
management and
use of network services," commented Phil Schacter, senior analyst, The Burton Group. "The
BorderManager product family leverages NDS to manage identity and access control policies,
regardless
of whether the user is in the office or using an encrypted tunnel over the Internet. The
multi-function
BorderManager Enterprise Edition extends its services with single sign-on, VPN, firewall and
application
firewall support, making it a natural fit for securing the boundary of intranets for Novell's
customers."
"At BellSouth Business Systems, BorderManager Enterprise Edition 3 allows me to control the
users of
the application proxy through a single sign-on into NDS," said Jim Graham, Network Architect
for
BellSouth Business Systems. "Additionally, BorderManager Enterprise Edition 3 allows my
users to pre-
fetch into cache the web sites we visit most during the day and we are seeing a cache hit rate of
85%
plus. This provides an impressive performance foundation for the strong security services. "
"As companies continue to implement Web servers and intranets, the need for internal security
becomes
more necessary to protect confidential data," stated John Slitz, senior vice president of marketing,
Novell.
"Up to 80% of confidential data stolen is taken from within the intranet. With BorderManager
Firewall
and BorderManager VPN Services, Novell is leveraging our traditional strengths by integrating
security
management in NDS, making it easy for our customers to implement complete intranet, Internet
and
remote access security protection without taxing performance."
BorderManager Firewall Services 3
The security foundation of the BorderManager enterprise suite, BorderManager Firewall Services
3
provide directory-based, security policy management for protecting confidential data and
managing user
access to intranet and Internet content. The BorderManager firewall can be used by itself, or
enhance an
existing installed firewall by providing NDS-integrated user level access control and high
performance
internal security policy enforcement.
BorderManager Firewall Services 3 components are integrated with NDS and work together for
maximum effectiveness. The components include:
- Application proxy. Includes HTTP, FTP, Gopher, Telnet, Mail, News, Real
Audio/Video,
DNS and generic UDP and TCP application proxies. The HTTP application proxy supports
Secure
Sockets Layer (SSL) tunneling and user certificates, delivering an encrypted path between the
client and
server to protect information from eavesdroppers and vandals.
- Circuit gateways. Includes two circuit gateways: a SOCKS v4 and v5 gateway, and
the
Novell IP Gateway. The SOCKS gateway enables the BorderManager Firewall to be configured
as a
component of a firewall solution, working in conjunction with firewalls from other vendors. It
also
allows the BorderManager firewall server to support NT, UNIX, and NetWare® SOCKS
clients.
The Novell IP Gateway, which uses native MS Winsock 2.0, includes both an IPX/IP
gateway
and an IP/IP gateway. It allows IPX and IP clients to access TCP/IP services and provides
transparent
authentication to BorderManager Firewall Services.
- Network Address Translation (NAT) and Packet filters. Restricts access to and from
certain
IP hosts; to and from certain IPX hosts; to certain Internet protocols and ports, such as HTTP,
FTP,
telnet, and Gopher; and NetWare Core Protocols. The stateful packet filter engine looks not only
at the
address of a packet, but also at the entire context of the session in which the packet is being sent.
This
makes it far more effective in identifying suspicious packets.
BorderManager Firewall Services 3 will provide a set of application programming interfaces
(APIs) that
enable Novell partners to integrate their security offerings with BorderManager products.
BorderManager Firewall Services 3 includes a trial version of CyberPatrol, an industry-leading
content
filter that can deny outgoing access to certain Internet Web sites based on content.
BorderManager VPN Services 3
The secure remote connectivity component of the BorderManager Enterprise Edition suite,
BorderManager VPN Services 3 deliver the most cost-effective method for securely connecting
remote
users, organizations, customers, and suppliers who need to access confidential data over the
Internet.
Companies can realize up to 80 percent cost savings by utilizing the Internet as an inexpensive
alternative
to dedicated private lines and company-owned modem pools.
BorderManager VPN Services 3 deliver the flexibility to implement three types of VPNs:
- Site-to-site. Interconnect servers at two or more sites using the Internet as a link. In
this way,
you can connect independent LAN segments into a single cohesive WAN
- Client/server. Permits dial-up users and cable modem users running either IP or
IPX
protocol to access VPN resources through a secure connection over the Internet. Best of all
and this
is unique to BorderManager VPN Services 3 users can access all resources from anywhere
with a
single sign-on transaction
- Extranet. Connects corporate network with business partners' networks into a single
cohesive extranet using the Internet to link sites.
BorderManager VPN Services 3 authenticate all users through NDS to ensure that only
authorized users
are permitted on the VPN. They support a variety of standard tunneling, encryption, and key
exchange
mechanisms, including IP SEC, SKIP, RC2, RC5, DES and 3DES, to provide a strong yet
flexible
security framework for VPN implementations.
Built for high performance, BorderManager VPN Services 3 can support up to 256 sites per
tunnel and
can service up to 1,000 dial-in users per server. They support symmetric multiprocessing (SMP)
for
increased speed. Additionally, BorderManager VPN Services selectively encrypt only the
information
sent to and from protected networks, as specified by the administrator, to ensure optimum use of
bandwidth.
Availability
Novell will announce pricing at the time BorderManager Firewall 3 and BorderManager VPN 3
ships.
The products are currently in controlled beta and will ship before the end of the year.
About BorderManager Enterprise Edition 3
Novell previously announced it has begun controlled beta testing of BorderManager Enterprise
Edition
3, the complete Internet security management suite that enables businesses to leverage the power
of
Novell Directory Service (NDS) on NetWare, UNIX and NT networks. This standards-based
suite allows
organizations of all sizes to cost-effectively deploy industry leading firewall, virtual private
networking
(VPN), authentication and caching services for comprehensive security protection. Taking
advantage of
tight integration with NDS, BorderManager Enterprise Edition is the first security management
solution
to deliver secure single sign-on for users accessing confidential company information from any
location -
the Internet, intranet or extranet.
About Novell
Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ:NOVL) is the world's largest network software company and the leader
in
directory-enabled network solutions. Novell solutions make networks more manageable and
secure and
reduce the total cost of ownership for organizations of every kind and size. Novell's worldwide
channel,
developer, education and technical support programs are the most extensive in the network
computing
industry.
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