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Astaro Security Linux/Astaro Security Gateway software combines seven key security applications - Firewall, VPN gateway, Virus Protection, Intrusion Protection, Spam Protection, Surf Protection and Spyware Protection - fully integrated in an easy-to-use, award-winning product.

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Information about Astaro Security Gateway

Firewall - The First Line of Defence
The Astaro firewall manages inbound and outbound communications traffic. It can be installed on any standard PC hardware or supplied in an appliance form factor. It is placed at the point where the Internet enters your facility, controlling network traffic for security purposes.

• Stateful Packet Inspection (standard firewall capability)
• Application-Level Deep Packet Filtering
• Security Proxies: HTTP | DNS | SOCKS | POP3 | Ident | SMTP | SIP
• NAT and Masquerading
  
• Denial-of-Service (DoS) Protection
• Traffic Shaping and QoS
  
• Detailed Reporting
  

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Virtual Private Network (VPN)
The Astaro VPN gateway uses a variety of data encryption methods to create a secure communications "tunnel" over the public Internet. You can now securely link branch offices, home users, tele-workers and "road warriors"

• Fully integrated with Astaro's firewall
• Multiple Architectures: Net-to-Net | Host-to-Net | Host-to-Host
• Advanced Encryption: AES (Rijndael), DES, 3DES, Blowfish, etc.
• IPSec and PPTP VPNs: Supported clients include the native Windows PPTP & IPSec client, Astaro Secure Client (ASC), Mac OS X VPN client and any other VPN client that follows the IPSec standard.
• Authentication Methods: Passphrase (PSK), Certificates, RSA Keys, CHAP & PAP, RADIUS
• IPSec Protocols: IKE, ESP, L2TP, NAT-Traversal
• Internal Certificate Authority
• Dynamic IP VPN Tunnels
• Simplified Remote Access
• Integrates Into Existing Environments

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Virus Protection
Viruses, worms, and other "malware" can enter organizations by passing through email servers, or by going directly to users who download emails and files from their browsers. Astaro’s anti-virus can protect against both:

Anti-virus for Email:
Astaro's Virus Protection for Email scans inbound and outbound email messages and email attachments carried over industry-standard email protocols (SMTP and POP3).

Anti-virus for the Web:
Virus Protection for the Web scans emails, email attachments, and downloaded files for users who utilize web email services, and who download files from their browser via industry-standard web protocols (HTTP, FTP).

Astaro's Virus Protection complements desktop anti-virus packages by providing a single point of control where newly-discovered viruses can be blocked quickly, before they infect the internal network.

• Reliable Protection
• Hourly Virus signatures
• High Accuracy: Heuristics and Emulation of suspicious code
• Technology Partnership with Kaspersky Labs, global leader in anti-virus expertise
• Flexible Management
• Performance and Scalability

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Intrusion Protection: Detection and Prevention
Astaro's Intrusion Protection scans inbound network traffic and uses pattern recognition technology to detect over 2,000 types of probes, denial of service (DoS) attacks, and attempts to exploit application vulnerabilities.

• Extensive Detection Rules
• Intrusion Detection and Prevention can be employed simultaneously
• Threat patterns updated automatically via the Astaro Up2Date service
• Anomaly-Based Intrusion Protection
• Performance and Control, integrated in-line with firewall
• Selected Classes of Intrusion Detection Rules

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Spam Protection
Astaro's Spam Protection (Spam Filter) scans inbound email messages (SMTP and POP3 protocols).

It performs a series of tests and assigns a "spam score" to each message indicating the probability that the message is unsolicited. Messages whose score exceeds thresholds set by the administrator are dropped, returned to the sender, passed to the recipient with a warning, or quarantined.

• Accurate Identification of Spam: Sender Address Verification, Greylisting, Realtime Blackhole Lists (RBLs), Header Analysis, Body Analysis (Heuristics), Whitelist and Blacklist
• Powerful Management Control
• Performance and Simplicity, seamlessly integrated with firewall and anti-virus
• Works with your existing Email Server

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Surf Protection (URL/Content Filtering)
Administrators use Astaro's Surf Protection (URL/Content Filtering) to specify the types of web sites that are inappropriate for groups of users in their organizations.

As users request web pages, the software checks a database of over 60 million web addresses and either records or blocks access to inappropriate sites. If a user requests a web page that is not included in the database, the URL is sent to the web crawlers and classified within 24 hours.

• Flexible Policy Creation
• Comprehensive Coverage
• Technology Partnership with Cobion, the largest database available for any commercial URL filtering system
• URL database updated automatically via the Astaro Up2Date service
• Comprehensive Coverage
• Excellent Performance, integrated in-line with firewall's proxy
• Detailed Reporting

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Spyware Protection
Astaro provides Spyware Protection by blocking web pages and software downloads from web sites that contain spyware or adware. The solution not only protects against infection of computers within the enterprise network, but also intercepts and blocks spyware communication from already infected computers to spyware web sites on the Internet.

• Perimeter Approach
• Identifying malicious URLs
• Block Spyware infection and communication
• Block Spyware installation
• Simple management of spyware protection

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Certifications, Awards and Industry Recognition
Astaro Security Linux software and Astaro Security Gateway appliances have received several certifications from prestigious security laboratories, like the International Computer Security Association (ICSA Labs "Certified Firewall") and Tolly Group's Up to Spec Certification.

Furthermore, the quality, reliability and effectiveness of Astaro products have been recognised by many international publications and in international expert conferences. Astaro Security Linux has obtained, among many others, the coveted Product Excellence Award in the Best Security Solution Category at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo in 2005 and 2003 (finalist in 2004), the PC Magazine Editors' Choice in 2005 & 2004 and Best Business Security Solution of the Year in 2004, CRN Testcenter Recommended, the Best Firewall award in Linux Enterprise Readers' Choice, and it was Finalist in the Network Computing Well-Connected Award (Multipurpose security appliance category).

Check the Awards page for the latest accolades received by Astaro Security products.