LinuxForce Powerwall(SM)

The LinuxForce Powerwall is a Managed Firewall Service built on Debian GNU/Linux

LinuxForce Powerwall(SM) goes far beyond the simple firewall protection that has been the industry norm. Managed by industry professionals at LinuxForce, this sophisticated firewall solution allows your company to keep the focus on business rather than the security and integrity of your network.

Designed with advanced technology The LinuxForce Powerwall(SM) meets the increasing security requirements of industry and institutional network operations. Backed by the development strength of the LinuxForce engineering staff, small to moderate-sized businesses can now obtain network protection previously only affordable to larger organizations.

A recent research study ("Designing and Integrated Architecture for Network Content Security Gateways", Computer, November 2006, pp. 66-72) using most of the technology used in the Powerwall(SM) shows that a tightly integrated security gateway architecture substantially reduces overhead. The Powerwall can be configured in either the tightly integrated or loosly integrated architectures based on what will best meet your business objectives.

Key Features and Benefits:

• Remote 24/7 management by specialists dedicated to maintaining the protection and privacy of your network through the Remote Responder(SM) maintenance and monitoring service.
• Developed to be installed on a wide variety of existing hardware that your business may already own, or can be delivered on hardware provided by LinuxForce.
• Secure Debian Linux based system, proven in the industry to be invulnerable to the worms and viruses that plague other operating systems.
• Ability to integrate with your current network, allowing the use of existing registered Internet Protocol (IP) addresses.
• Regular upgrades performed by LinuxForce specialists to ensure the continued security of your network.
• A sophisticated Intrusion Detection System (IDS) with the ability to identify normal traffic and provide alerts on unusual traffic.
• Extremely high-performance site filtering specifically tailored to your business needs.
• All of the traditional firewall services, plus support for popular services such as Virtual Private Network (VPN) using IPSec (Internet Protocol SECurity), proxy services, Voice over IP (VoIP) and much more.
• Optional: Dansguardian-based Web content filtering including phrase matching, PICS filtering and URL filtering.

LinuxForce Powerwall can help secure your business' Internet access gateway.