Astaro Security Linux is an award-winning, unique network security solution in an integrated and easy-to-use and manage package that includes a combination of the following security applications:
- A Firewall with stateful packet inspection and application proxies guards Internet communications traffic in and out of the organization.
- A Virtual Private Network (VPN) gateway assures secure communications with remote offices, road warriors and telecommuters.
- Anti-Virus defends computers from both email and web-bourne viruses.
- Intrusion Protection detects and stops hostile probes and application-based attacks.
- Spam Filtering eliminates the productivity drain of opening and deleting unsolicited emails.
- Surf Protection (Content Filtering) and Spyware Protection improve productivity by blocking inappropriate web activities, provide full protection from user tracking threats and violation of privacy.
For a small and growing organization this is a good tool, can act as a all in one appliance. Or probably, we could use it to understand the working of various network security tools.
Features of Astaro Security Linux:
- Protects all types of networks Windows, Linux, Unix and others.
- Delivers comprehensive features at low cost maximizing your ROI (return on investment).
- Highly effective. Has won numerous industry awards. Beat Cisco and Checkpoint in InfoWorld magazine product review, Beat IBM and Computer Associates in Linux World for Best Security Application.
- Integrated management platform features an intuitive browser-based interface and one-step updates for rapid deployment and easy management.
- Can be installed in under 15 minutes or purchased pre-installed on security appliances.
- Can start with firewall, VPN and spam protection and add other security applications as needed, seamlessly.
- Runs as a dedicated application server on top of a hardened operating system, which relieves operating system management headaches.
- Runs on systems ranging from small devices up to large multi-processor systems utilizing gigabytes of memory.
- Redundant systems can be configured to provide high availability and automatic fail-over in case of hardware or network failures.
- Load balancing improves performance traffic shaping can set priorities by network, service and protocol.
- Logging, automatic backup, and diagnostic tools support high reliability.
Our verdict, if you are looking for a free, one stop shop to manage security, you could give Astaro Security Linux a run in your network.
Download Astaro Security version 7.502 here
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