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Cisco Introduces Windows-NT Firewall Product; Easy-to-Use Cisco
Centri Firewall Targets Small/Medium Businesses
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Tue, 26 Aug 1997 05:55:24 -0700 (PDT)
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Topic: Cisco Sys Inc
Quote.com News Item #3807734
Headline: Cisco Introduces Windows-NT Firewall Product; Easy-to-Use Cisco
Centri Firewall Targets Small/Medium Businesses
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SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 26, 1997--Cisco Systems,
Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) today announced the Centri Firewall, a security
solution for small and medium-sized businesses.
The Windows NT-based Centri Firewall version 4.0 -- designed to
provide an affordable, secure connection to the Internet and protect
organizations from increased security risks -- is easy to use and
administer.
"Cisco is committed to enabling small to medium businesses to
take advantage of the full business potential of the Internet," said
Christine Hemrick, vice president and general manager of the Internet
Appliances and Applications Business Unit at Cisco Systems. "By
offering the Windows NT-based Centri Firewall, Cisco is providing a
powerful, yet easy-to-use security element."
The Centri Firewall provides security with a user- friendly
graphical user interface and can be set up and administered without
an onsite security expert. An Installation Wizard walks the network
administrator through the installation and initial setup within 20
minutes.
The Centri Firewall includes the Natural Network Viewer and
Policy Builder features that simplify security policy setting by
allowing security policies to be applied to NT domains, users,
groups, individual machines, or to groups of machines residing in
defined physical or logical networks.
It also comes with preconfigured support for popular network
applications and services, including transparent support for all
common TCP/IP applications, such as WWW, File Transfer Protocol
(FTP), Telnet and Mail. In addition to these out-of-box services,
the Centri Firewall allows safe and easy customized support for any
network application or service, such as Web, electronic mail and DNS
servers.
These applications and services can reside on the same Windows NT
system, allowing a small or medium-sized business to reduce the cost
of securely connecting to the Internet.
The Centri Firewall is based on the unique Kernel Proxy
architecture that provides strong security and high performance by
intercepting network traffic at the kernel level of the Windows NT
operating system. This capability protects the firewall from
vulnerabilities.
Additional standard features include ActiveX, Java applet,
JavaScript, VBscript and URL blocking; port address translation;
network address translation; proxy security services for Web, Telnet,
and FTP; and support for multimedia applications including RealAudio,
NetMeeting, CoolTalk, H.323 and VDOLive.
The Cisco Centri Firewall extends Cisco's firewall product line,
which currently includes the Cisco PIX Firewall, a leading
enterprise security solution. In the future, features of the
easy-to-use Centri graphical user interface will be incorporated
across the Cisco firewall product line.
Pricing and Availability
The Cisco Centri Firewall will be available September 1, 1997
through Cisco Connection Online (CCO), distributors and VARs. The
Centri Firewall is sold based on the number of network users. Three
user levels are available: 100, 250 and unrestricted users. For a
100-user solution, the price is $3,495; for 250 users, the price is
$4,995 and for an unrestricted number of users, the price is $7,495.
The unrestricted license for the Centri Firewall is recommended
for sites with up to 500 users; it is not an unlimited user license.
A localized version for the Japanese market will be available in the
fourth quarter of 1997.
Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) is the worldwide leader in networking
for the Internet. News and information are available at
cisco.com .
Note to Editors: Centri, Cisco IOS, Kernel Proxy, Natural
Network Viewer, PIX and Policy Builder are trademarks, and Cisco,
Cisco Systems and the Cisco Systems logo are registered trademarks of
Cisco Systems, Inc. in the United States and certain other
countries. All other trademarks, mentioned in this document are the
property of their respective owners. |
