FireCard: Network VPN and Firewall on a Card
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a PCI card. Developed by Merilus (www.merilus.com), FireCard provides
firewall, VPN, remote firewall management, and bandwidth control. A short
list of other features include -
- Out of band dial up access via caller ID authentication
- Explorer-like Java GUI that works on Windows, Linux or MAC
- Realtime port monitoring, device status, VPN status, DNS status and
gateway status
- Intrusion detection email and pager alerts of TCP and UDP scans, login
failures, and specified device thresholds
- Traffic logging and bandwidth monitoring
- RSA SecurID authentication and user/group authentication
- Timebased firewall rules
- High availability (redundant failover)
- VPN - IPSec and PPTP will work with Windows 2000 VPN client, PGPnet and
Safenet clients.
- SSH access, internal DHCP server, NAT, port address translation
- WINS support
- Port stealthing
- Multi-FireCard management
- Ddos detection and response
FireCard draws only power through the PCI bus of the host system and can be
remotely located and updated anywhere on the network. After initial setup,
the FireCard can be remotely managed externally through the Internet via
secured connection. Card can protect host system only (via crossover cable
to NIC) or internal connection can be linked to network hub. The product
was designed for the medium sized organization and provides unrestricted
seat and VPN tunnel licensing allowing low cost expansion to office branches
and road warriors. Product allows IT managers the ability to have
distributed firewall management and realtime monitoring.
Merilus is currently in discussions with OEMs and MSSPs (Managed Security
Service Providers) about initial availability of product in the United
States and Europe and strategic business development. Product is priced from
$800 to $1500 USD depending of version.
Currently the FireCard has installations in government, health services,
education, law firms, accounting firms and franchise operations. More
information about availability and technical specification can be found at
www.merilus.com .