a combination of hardware, software, and procedures that controls access to an intranet. Firewalls help to control the information that passes between an intranet and the Internet. A firewall can be simple or complex, depending on how an organization decides to control its Internet traffic. It may, for example, be established to limit Internet access to e-mail only, so that no other types of information can pass between the intranet and the Internet.
Wiktionary Definition for: Firewall
A fireproof barrier used to prevent the spread of fire through a building, aircraft or vehicle.
computing The software that monitors traffic in and out of a private network or a personal computer and allows or blocks such traffic depending on its perceived threat.
ALAMEDA, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 14, 1996--Ascend Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASND) today announced that the National Computer Security Association NCSA, Carlisle, Pa., has certified its Secure Access Firewall offering. Secure Access Firewall provides integrated firewall protection for Ascend's MAX and Pipeline families of remote networking products. By integrating the firewall into...
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Sunbelt Software, a leading provider of Windows security solutions, today announced it has completed its acquisition of the Kerio Personal Firewall, a powerful and industry-leading firewall. The acquisition also includes the Kerio ServerFirewall, a powerful tool that provides advanced firewall protection for Windows server operating systems. The...
VOICECON -- Ingate® Systems, which develops firewall technology and products that enable SIP-based live communication for the enterprise while maintaining control and security at the network edge, announces that the Ingate Firewall® 1600 has earned Firewall Certification in the Corporate Category from ICSA Labs®, a division of Cybertrust, Inc.®....
CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Barracuda Networks, Inc., the leading provider of spam firewall solutions, today announced the Barracuda Spam Firewall -- Outbound Edition, a new version of the award-winning Barracuda Spam Firewall. The Barracuda Spam Firewall -- Outbound Edition enables organizations to enforce corporate and regulatory policies, and to ensure outgoing...
HELSINKI, Finland--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 6, 1998--UUNET Deutschland GmbH has concluded a contract with Nokia for all countries within the European Union. By incorporating Nokia's integrated Firewall Routers and Virtual Private Network VPN Firewall Routers, UUNET has enhanced its programme with a wide range of high-performance Firewall solutions, which are to play...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Barracuda Networks, Inc., the leading provider of spam firewall solutions, today announced the Barracuda Spam Firewall 900, its second carrier-class spam appliance available for large organizations. The Barracuda Spam Firewall 900 offers the largest quarantine storage capacity and the fastest throughput available for an email gateway...
McAfee.com is integrating outbound blocking and application fingerprinting into the next generation of its Personal Firewall and Personal Firewall Plus products. McAfee.com is integrating outbound blocking and application fingerprinting into the next generation of its Personal Firewall and Personal Firewall Plus products.
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 1, 1996-- Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., (Nasdaq: CHKPF), the leader in network security, today announced FireWall-1 SYNDefendertm, a downloadable software module for its industry-leading Check Pointtm FireWall-1tm product.
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Cisco SystemsR (Nasdaq:CSCO), Inc., today announced continued momentum in its product certification and evaluation program with the Cisco Internetworking Operating System IOS Firewall earning the ICSA Labs Modular Firewall Certification Criteria Version 4.1, one of the highest levels of firewall certification available in the industry. This...
WALTHAM, Mass. -- Guardium, Inc., a leading provider of database security solutions, today announced SQL GuardTM Database Firewall. The breakthrough firewall extends the company's database security platform by delivering the industry's first SQL level, policy-based database firewall. Now, companies can obtain database access auditing, detection and prevention capabilities from a...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 4, 1996--The emergence of the commercial firewall market broke speed records in 1995, according to new research from International Data Corporation IDC. Driven by the adoption of Internet technology and Web servers both Internet and intranet, IDC expects the phenomenal growth of the worldwide firewall market to...
TORONTO--BUSINESS WIRE--March 11, 1996--Border Network Technologies Inc. Border, a leading developer of Internet firewall technology, was identified as the world's No. 2 supplier of Internet firewall solutions, in a report issued this week by International Data Corporation IDC Research. The report, titled "The Worldwide Firewall Market 1995-2000," ...
Secure Computing Corporation (NASDAQ: SCUR), a leading enterprise gateway security company, today unveiled Secure Firewall (formerly known as Sidewinder®) Geo-Location, a new service that allows organizations to create policies that block connections by an IP address (for any network protocol/application), based on country code information. Secure Computing's Secure Firewall is...
Secure Computing Corporation (NASDAQ: SCUR), a leading enterprise gateway security company, today announced that Frontier Airlines has switched from a competing firewall to the Secure Firewall (formerly known as Sidewinder®). The Denver-based airline selected Secure Firewall because it needed a true enterprise-class solution that would improve security and manageability while...
BOSTON--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 12, 1996--NEC Technologies' newly formed Internet Business Unit IBU announced here today that it has begun shipping an aggressively-priced, reseller-installed and supported, user-transparent, firewall appliance called PrivateNet.
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