| SuSE announces "Linux Firewall on CD" |
Nov. 21, 2001
Nuremberg, Germany -- (press release excerpt) -- Today, SuSE Linux announced a version of "SuSE Linux Firewall on CD" available for "Virtual Private Networks" (VPN). Companies with securely connecting networks at various company locations primarily use VPNs. Also teleworkers usually access data in the company intranet through a VPN. In addition, many companies perform secure Internet-based information exchange with customers, partners, and suppliers via VPN. For example, data sent by the customer to a banking computer system is transmitted via a secure VPN connection.
The main advantage of SuSE Linux Firewall is the so-called live system that allows the operating system to be booted directly from CD-ROM (read-only) without installing it on the hard disk. The live system represents a security gain, since the firewall software itself is located on the CD-ROM and cannot be manipulated. The respective configuration files -- such as the ipchains packet filter settings -- are stored on a write-protected floppy disk.
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