NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: TIM GREENE ON VPNS 11/04/04 Today's focus: Check Point puts intrusion prevention at endpoints
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Rather than search for signatures of individual viruses and worms, the upcoming software will look for characteristics that an exploit would have to show in order to take advantage of known vulnerabilities, the company says. So if exploiting a perceived vulnerability requires coming through a certain firewall port and contains a payload larger than a certain size, the software can be tuned to look for traffic meeting those criteria. If such traffic is found, it can be dropped. The intrusion-prevention software could also be used on a LAN to protect network segments from worms that get past the corporate firewall, for example, via laptops that plug into insecure networks then return to the corporate network. Check Point says it will roll out the new capability at year-end or early next year. The company will also integrate its VPN-1 client with its endpoint security client, Integrity, so customers can download them to computers as a single entity. This means one fewer application to download and update, and a unified platform for configuring the VPN-1 and Integrity parameters. _______________________________________________________________ To contact: Tim Greene Tim Greene is a senior editor at Network World, covering virtual private networking gear, remote access, core switching and local phone companies. You can reach him at <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by Aventail Win an Aventail SSL VPN worth $100,000! Aventail has once again advanced the state of SSL VPN technology. See for yourself why so many customers and analysts call Aventail the leading SSL VPN for secure, clientless remote access. 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