Symantec Enterprise FirewallTM protects enterprise assets and business
transactions by ensuring fast and secure connections with the Internet
and between networks. As a comprehensive hybrid firewall, it enables fast,
controlled connectivity, providing strong and transparent protection against
unwanted intrusion without slowing the flow of approved traffic. Through
its optional, standards-based Symantec Enterprise VPN it can also provide
low-cost, high-speed connectivity between offices and for mobile workers.
Designed to support businesses with highly sophisticated networks as well
as those just requiring basic email and Web browsing, Symantec Enterprise
Firewall is an essential security component for today's electronically connected world.
Because of its unique hybrid architecture, Symantec Enterprise Firewall
minimizes vulnerabilities and delivers full-featured security, ensuring
complete control of information entering and leaving the enterprise while
providing partners and customers with secure, unfettered access to corporate
resources. Its support for a broad selection of user authentication methods
such as Defender, Radius, Digital Certificates, LDAP, and NT domain
authentication, gives administrators the flexibility to use existing
security databases in the users' environment. And to enable the system
uptime and scalable throughput required for today's network transactions,
Symantec Enterprise Firewall offers a choice of hardware- or software-based
high-availability and load balancing solutions as well as integrated Web content filtering.
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