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3Com to Sell Firewall-in-a-NIC
Broue Master writes "According to a UK ZDNet article, 3Com is commercializing a firewall into a NIC aimed at desktop and servers."
Interesting idea, although it'll be interesting to see if the idea catches on.
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Pissing Frost. Old new, losers, i saw this a long time ago.
Losers.
- Interesting idea, although it'll be interesting to see if the idea catches on.
Shouldn't there a preview button when submitting stories, and a sarcastic remark if you don't use it?I agree. Taco is a fucktard. He gets his news from /.
I gave this information to the lady in business development weeks ago.
This first appeared in FEB. You stupid fucking asshole, Taco. You fucking Moron. You dumb fucktard prick. youa re so asleep at the wheel. FUcktard.
http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2002/0225infra.html
3Com releases embedded firewall NICs
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By Phil Hochmuth
Network World, 02/25/02
SAN JOSE - 3Com last week announced network cards with embedded firewall technology and made available its previously announced secure NIC products and policy server for locking down PCs and servers.
Announced almost a year ago, the hardware-based firewalls for 3Com's 10/100Base-T NIC could help IT security staff prevent unauthorized access to network servers or PCs from inside and outside a network.
3Com also added a PC card version of its embedded firewall, which could be used to secure telecommuters' broadband connections. Also announced was a 100Base-FX version of the embedded firewall NIC for securing servers. The new products were announced at the RSA Security Conference.
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The secure NIC products come at a time when network professionals are feeling unsatisfied with network security, according to a recent survey. In a study of 583 companies conducted by security firm PentaSafe and released at the RSA conference, 23% of respondents said their organizations' security awareness was "dangerously inadequate, while 44% said their firms' security was "inadequate." The survey also reported that 60% of respondents gave their companies a D - on a scale from A to F, with A being highest - regarding network security practices.
The embedded firewall is based on technology from Secure Computing, and can be added to existing 3Com 10/100M bit/sec 3CR990 series NICs through a firmware upgrade, or purchased with new network cards.
The embedded firewall on the NICs works independently of the operating system running on the host machine and can filter traffic based on IP address or virus and Trojan signatures.
The company says this feature makes the product more secure than software-based personal firewalls - from Norton, McAfee or Black ICE - because those firewalls work on top of a PC or server operating system and can be disabled via freely available hacking tools.
3Com's PCMCIA card with embedded firewall for telecommuters will let administrators push policies to workers who may alternate between an office LAN and a home broadband connection. The card could be used to let the NIC communicate only over a VPN gateway while on a WAN connection, or disallow enterprise VPN access when an end user surfs the Web from home. This could prevent a home user's machine with simultaneous connections to the Internet and a VPN from becoming a hacker's portal into a corporation through a VPN connection.
A central Embedded NIC Policy Server can be used to update the NICs with new firewall rules and firmware updates over secure IP Security connections on a LAN or over a WAN.
The fiber-based embedded firewall NIC is available for $360, and the PC card will be available later this quarter for $250.
The 3Com 10/100 Secure Desktop Interface Cards are available for $120 and $130. The Embedded Firewall NIC Policy Server is available for $1,000, and firewall upgrade kits for securing multiple NICs are available for $500 for 10 cards, $2,250 for 50 cards and $8,000 for 200 cards
So they threw a processor on a network card. It's actually a StrongARM. A processor you say! Why, you could run applications on your network card!!!! Amazing!
If you were one of the three people with one of these, YOU COULD RUN LINUX ON YOUR NIC! But WHO CARES??? THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE A CPU!!!!!! Companies sell a computer on a PCI card! NIC's don't need to run an os, a firewall, or Duke Nukem.
Jesus.
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