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Newsletter of the Melbourne Novell Users Group

September 1998

BorderManager Enterprise Edition v3 Beta Released

Novell Delivers High Performance Internet Security Management Solution - BorderManager Enterprise Edition 3

Novell's Directory Service (NDS) Powers Integrated Internet Product Suite Featuring Secure Single Sign-On

September 22, 1998 -- Orem, UT -- Novell, Inc. today announced it has begun controlled beta testing of BorderManager(TM) Enterprise Edition 3, the complete Internet security management suite that enables businesses to leverage the power of Novell Directory Services(R) (NDS) on NetWare, UNIX and NT networks. This standards-based suite allows organizations of all sizes to cost-effectively deploy industry leading firewall, virtual private networking (VPN), authentication and caching services for comprehensive security protection. Taking advantage of tight integration with NDS, BorderManager Enterprise Edition is the first security management solution to deliver secure single sign-on for users accessing confidential company information from any location - the Internet, intranet or extranet.

BorderManager Enterprise Edition 3 builds on the success of Novell's initial BorderManager release, now deployed worldwide at the border of leading business and government networks. Over 4.5 million enterprise customers use BorderManager caching technology for Internet caching. According to the 1997 IDC Firewall report, Novell is also the 4th leading provider of firewalls on an annualized basis.

"According to a Delphi survey of Internet executives we conducted earlier this month, the biggest inhibitors corporations face as they extend their networks to the Internet are speed and performance, followed by security," commented John Gantz, Senior Vice President, Personal Systems and Services Research, IDC. "Novell is directly addressing these issues with the BorderManager technology."

"Customers are looking for tightly integrated, best of breed security services without the implementation headaches and premium costs associated with individual product purchases," stated Dave Shirk, vice president of product management, Novell. "BorderManager Enterprise Edition delivers the total security management solution that will further accelerate Novell's growth in the Internet security marketplace."

Novell's BorderManager products have made an impact at Wallace, a leader in Integrated Supply Management and Total Print Management services one of the nation's largest manufacturers and distributors of information management products and commercial printing. Wallace is headquartered in Lisle, Illinois, with manufacturing, distribution and sales facilities throughout the United States.

"Having implemented the initial version of BorderManager as well as participated in the beta of the current version, we are extremely impressed with Novell's commitment to providing a comprehensive, easy to manage security solution," stated Russel Schadd, Internet administrator for Wallace. "The integration of these security features within NDS gives us a single point of administration for implementing Internet access control on a per user basis."

Making Single Sign-On a Reality

BorderManager Enterprise Edition 3 is the only security management solution that delivers true single sign-on for users across network services. From a home office or remote location, users can dial into their ISP with dial-up services and BorderManager VPN services. Once authenticated using BorderManager Authentication Service, users can open a secure VPN tunnel, gain access to the corporate network information via BorderManager firewall services and then access Web resources via BorderManager FastCache. This single sign-on is delivered through integration with Novell Directory Services, allowing for security policies to be enforced transparently via a single point of management.

BorderManager Enterprise Edition 3 Services and New Features

There are many new features in BorderManager Enterprise Edition that improve on the security, performance and management features available in the initial version of BorderManager:

New BorderManager Firewall Services include:

• Single Sign-On and Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Proxy Authentication integrated with NDS from any standard browser
  

• User-level Application Proxy Support for HTTP, FTP, SMTP/POP3 (mail), NNTP (news), Real Audio/Video, DNS, Generic TCP and UDP applications.
  

• SOCKS v4 and v5 Client and Gateway Server support
  

• Java Applet blocking
  

• Extensive Alerting and Reporting
  

• Dynamic and Static Stateful Filtering
  

New BorderManager VPN Services include:

• Client to server VPN for IP and IPX traffic
  

• Support for industry standard IPSec, SKIP, DES, 3DES, RC2, and RC5 security protocols.
  

• Scalability up to 1,000 IP clients
  

• Selective encryption
  

• Dynamic and static routing
  

New BorderManager FastCache Services include:

• Transparent Cache Insertion
  

• Active Caching support including multi-level read ahead and batch download
  

• Forward and Reverse HTTP and FTP Caching
  

• Standards-based ICP Support
  

BorderManager Authentication Services include:

• Standards based RADIUS authentication and accounting support
  

• Broad Support for 3rd party RADIUS compliant solutions
  

• Leverages NDS to deliver single point of management
  

• Group-based administration
  

• Ability to outsource dial-up infrastructure to ISPs
  

Other New Services in BorderManager Enterprise Edition 3

There are several other new features in the BorderManager Enterprise Edition 3:

• Access control integrated with NDS, to develop flexible Internet security policies by users, not merely by physical IP address
  

• Wizard-based GUI installation that delivers an operational server within 15 minutes
  

• Year 2000 ready
  

• Includes NetWare 5 and NetWare 4.11 2-user license
  

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