3com FIREWALL PCI CARD 25PK hardware firewall

FIREWALL PCI CARD 25PK This 25-pack version of our 3Com® Firewall PCI Card with 10/100 LAN eliminates unnecessary packaging and extra installation CDs, to help lower installation costs in large-scale deployments.

Each firewall card in this economical bulk-pack is identical to those sold individually—with the same features, specifications, and benefits. These PCI-bus cards for 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX LANs work with our 3Com Embedded Firewall Policy Server or Starter Policy Server (required and sold separately) to extend tamper-resistant firewall filtering and auditing capabilities across your enterprise—both inside and outside the network perimeter.

The 3Com® Firewall PCI Card with 10/100 LAN works with our 3Com Embedded Firewall Policy Server or Starter Policy Server (required and sold separately) to extend tamper-resistant firewall filtering and auditing capabilities across your enterprise—both inside and outside the network perimeter.

These centrally managed firewall cards protect servers and desktops with superior tamper-resistance that software-only firewalls can't match. Built into each firewall card is an onboard RISC processor that enforces security transparently to end users, local applications, and operating systems. This embedded firewall hardware is practically impervious to Internet attacks, end user actions, or malicious code.

Equally important, the firewall card can be configured and managed only through an authenticated 3Com Embedded Firewall Policy Server. Even if a protected system is corrupted, the firewall card prevents its host from being used as a launching pad for further invasion into the network.

The 3Com Firewall PCI Card plugs into a standard PCI slot, replacing the conventional 10/100 LAN connection. In Windows 2003, 2000, or XP environments, the firewall card offloads TCP and security processing for improved system performance. Because the firewall cards are installed on a system-by-system basis, it's easy to expand network security when and where it's needed, in economical increments. Once the firewall cards are installed, simply use the policy server to configure and push security policies to firewall-enabled systems across the network.

Provides superior resistance to malicious code, hostile users, unauthorized access, and disabling; firewall cards only accept instructions from authenticated policy servers

Facilitates assigning security by group role or function and enables immediate response to detected network attacks

Receives centrally configured and deployed security policies and management instructions from authenticated policy servers, independent of routers or traffic streams

Provides host-independent enforcement, 24x7 intrusion resistance, and robust security functionality that bolsters administrative confidence in the safety of the network

Secures open Internet connections, such as VPN endpoints and broadband access gateways, located inside or outside the perimeter firewall

Protects users with multiple levels of protection wherever they work—more relaxed for internal LAN connections and more restricted for shared and Internet-accessible systems

Hardens web and e-commerce servers, DMZ subnets, and customer databases against Internet attacks and unauthorized access

Automatically limits system-to-system communication when connecting outside the network perimeter; ignores nonessential protocols, shuts down unnecessary ports, denies "ping" requests, and disables packet sniffing and IP spoofing

Provides around-the-clock peace of mind; if firewall cards cannot communicate with the policy server, they will default to your maximum security levels

Complements other 802.3-standard compliant security solutions—including security services switches, firewall/VPNs, antivirus scanners, and intrusion-detection systems (IDSs)

Lowers IT administration costs with 24/7 intrusion resistance that helps eliminate false alarms generated by IDS monitoring