Astaro Security Linux

Astaro Security Linux is a new firewall solution: It distasteful inspection packet filtering, content filtering, virus scanning,VPN with IPSec and much more. With the web-based management tool and the ability to pull updates over the Internet it it is pretty easy to manage. It is based on a special hardened Linux 2.4 distribution, most daemons are running in change-roots and are protected by capabilities.

Enterprise Security Appliances
The award-winning Astaro Security Gateways protect over 30,000 enterprises from the growing risks of viruses, spam, and hackers.

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Astaro releases New Version of its Central Management Tool for UTM Appliances
Burlington MA (USA) and Karlsruhe (Germany), 4th October 2006 – Astaro Corporation today released Astaro Command Center V1.3, a new version of its centralized management application for Astaro Security Gateway UTM appliances. Version 1.3 of the central management application integrates improved role-based multi-administrator support, enhanced real-time monitoring of high availability bundles and also provides a centralized update server for all Astaro appliances within a global network.

Astaro Command Center allows the centralized and efficient management of many challenging and time-consuming tasks, such as defining security policies, configuring applications, monitoring actual device states and maintaining device software and pattern updates. The intuitive web-based user interface provides an effective overview of each device’s health status, allowing administrators to efficiently see which gateways require immediate action.

Astaro Command Center is a highly scalable turnkey solution, designed for the management of hundreds or even thousands of devices, whilst simultaneously providing the complete function set of a fully-fledged central management solution.

Astaro Command Center V1.3 integrates the following enhancements:
1. With the enhanced fine-grained access control for role-based multi-administrator systems, different administrator roles can be defined, (for monitoring, maintenance and configuration purposes), for each device or device groups. In addition, permission can be automatically granted for newly confirmed devices through pre-defined rules.

2. Real-time monitoring of High Availability bundles provides the respective status information for both, the master and slave components, within a High Availability (HA) bundle. For instance, the name, version and last contact status for all devices will now be shown in various views, providing up-to-date information about critical component states requiring immediate action.

3. As a Local ASG Up2Date Server, the Astaro Command Center server will now provide pre-fetched Up2Date packages for all Astaro Security Gateways (ASGs) within a customer’s network environment, including those units which do not have a direct internet connection.

Availability and Pricing
Astaro Command Center is shipped as a software appliance, (i.e. a bootable ISO image including the operating system with all applications), capable of being installed on all dedicated Intel-compatible PCs.

The new features found within ACC V1.3 will be supported by all Astaro Security Gateway clients running ASG software V6, version 6.303 and higher.

Astaro Command Center V1.3 is available immediately to all Astaro Security Gateway customers at no charge.

Astaro Command Center V1.3 can be downloaded via the following links: ftp://ftp2.astaro.de  or http://download2.astaro.com 

About Astaro Products
The Astaro Security Gateway, available as software or appliance, fully integrates all perimeter security applications required to protect a corporate network in one simple-to-manage solution:

Email Security
1. Virus Protection for Email – catches viruses in conventional (SMTP and POP3) emails and attachments.
2. Spam Protection – uses nine different techniques to filter out spam and without stopping legitimate emails.
3. Phishing Protection –blocks emails from criminals trying to trick users into revealing confidential information.
4. Spyware Protection – detects and blocks spyware infection attempts as well as spyware communication from already infected systems
5. Virus Protection for the Web – defends computers from virus infections from web downloads and web-based emails.
6. Content Filtering (Surf Protection) – can block Internet access to 60 categories of web sites.
7. Firewall – guards Internet communications traffic in and out of the organization with stateful packet inspection and application-level proxies.
8. Intrusion Protection – detects and blocks probes and application-based attacks using heuristics, anomaly detection, and pattern-based techniques.
9. Virtual Private Network Gateway – assures secure communications with remote offices, "road warriors," and telecommuters.

About Astaro
Astaro Corporation is headquartered in Burlington, Mass. and Karlsruhe, Germany. The Astaro Security Gateway has won numerous industry awards and is protecting over 30,000 networks in 60 countries, including such companies as Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Los Alamos National Labs, Stanford University and Watsco, Inc. Astaro products are distributed by a worldwide network of 450 solutions partners who offer local support and services. Visit www.astaro.com