Solsoft Announces NetFilterOne 1.2 Upgrade for Netfilter Firewall Management

Solsoft Announces NetFilterOne 1.2 Upgrade for Netfilter Firewall Management

Mountain View, Calif. – April 17, 2006 – Solsoft Inc., the leading provider
of network security policy management software, today announced Solsoft
NetfilterOne 1.2, a graphical interface that will automate the design,
deployment and documentation of security rules and policies as they pertain
to a networked netfilter firewall.  

The ‘‘Tabular Policy Editor’’, now available for NetfilterOne 1.2

The new version benefits end users with its new tool, the Tabular Policy
Editor, a feature that can manage all permissions in a single view. The
feature is adopted from the company’s flagship Policy Server 7.2 and its
Firewall Manager 1.2.
Tabular Policy Editor gives customers additional flexibility through choice
of workflow and gives the ability to sort and filter multiple permission
attributes when troubleshooting or looking to make changes to permissions
within a policy.

The ‘‘bridge mode’’: The new feature specific to NetfilterOne 1.2

The new specific feature of NetfilterOne 1.2 is the "bridge mode'', which is
also called the "transparent mode'' by other vendors.

NetfilterOne benefits with the following device update :

Linux Netfilter Iptables version 1.3 is now supported. 

With Solsoft NetfilterOne, IT administrators will realize the advantages of a
centralized interface from which to configure, deploy, enforce and audit
rules and policies consistently among netfilter firewall(s). NetfilterOne is
the ideal tool to remotely maintain security policies on Linux servers,
webservers, DNS, Mail servers which often resides on DMZ.
NetfilterOne is an open source-based firewall that offers both stateless and
stateful packet filtering. The technology performs a variety of network
address and port translations and offers multiple layers of API’s for the
development of third-party extensions.

Since 1997, Solsoft has provided its customers worldwide with centralized
management of security policies on leading firewall, router, switch, VPN,
IDS/IPS, and other security platforms. Using Solsoft’s flagship Policy Server
software, network and information security teams collaborate to define,
store, deploy, and audit policies across large-scale enterprise, service
provider, and government networks. 

Availability & Pricing

Solsoft NetfilterOne is available for download at
http://www.solsoft.com/security/netfilterone1-2
Pricing for multiple installations will be determined on request.

About Solsoft

Founded in 1997, Solsoft is the leading provider of network security policy
management solutions, with production deployments in more than 25 Fortune 500
companies, Government agencies, and some of the largest Telcos worldwide.
Solsoft solutions enable organizations to centrally control the design,
deployment, and documentation of security policies across single- and
multi-vendor networks. The Solsoft product line offers centralized management
of firewalls, routers, switches, VPN, intrusion prevention, intrusion
detection, and other security equipment from market leaders such as Cisco,
Juniper, Check Point, Nortel, Symantec, Internet Security Systems, and
Linux-based vendors. Enterprise, service provider, and government customers
rely on the Solsoft platform for compliance with regulations and standards,
collaborative security policy design and maintenance, role-based security
configuration change control and deployment, policy audits, and response to
network attacks. For more information about Solsoft, please visit
www.solsoft.com, send e-mail to info@solsoft.com, or call 877-646-8225.

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