Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!Q.T.Honey!diablo.efnet.com!efnet.com!news.moat.net!news-out.newsfeeds.com!propagator2-maxim!feed-maxim.newsfeeds.com!news-out.cwix.com!newsfeed.cwix.com!cyclone01.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com!news01.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Ida Young" Newsgroups: de.comp.security,fa.freebsd.security,fa.linux.security,fido7.ru.internet.security,fido7.ru.security,fj.comp.security,fr.comp.securite,fr.misc.securite.routiere Subject: ITShield firewall V1.2 is released Lines: 32 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 02:43:39 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.114.140.24 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rogers.com X-Trace: news01.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com 1064976219 24.114.140.24 (Tue, 30 Sep 2003 22:43:39 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 22:43:39 EDT Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.comp.security:79 ITShield Inc. (http://www.itshield.com) released ITShield Firewall V1.2, which introduces some new features: 1. ITShield Firewall can work in Pseudo-Bridge mode. Therefore, it is much easier to be deployed if you have many public IP addresses and want the firewall to protect your machines with these IP addresses. 2. ITShield Firewall provides a free license(session number=15) for SOHO. You can choose DHCP or PPPOE during installing the firewall. 3. proxy_http and proxy_ssl have built-in URL checker. If the blocked URL is GIF, TIFF, JPG, PNG, and SWF related media, they feed back a 1x1 blank picture. 4. proxy_http and proxy_ssl can remove popup window code and floating ADs code more intelligently. To use these feature, go to their Options windows, and select [Enable Popup Killer]. 5. Most of proxy_icmp and proxy_udp log messages can be turn off. ITShield Firewall, a transparent firewall, contains the advantages of all three critical firewall architectures - packet-filtering, Stateful Inspection, and application gateway firewall. Because application proxy provides the highest level of security and flexibility, ITShield Firewall handles all the sessions in application-level by default. ITShield Firewall can handle more than 5000 TCP sessions, unlimited UDP sessions, and unlimited IP sessions at application-level in parallel. Furthermore, ITShield Firewall can drop the unwanted requests at packet level. If the high-speed network traffic keeps the firewall very busy, the administrator can enable Stateful Inspection. ITShield Firewall supports PPTP VPN and IPSEC VPN. It is very easy for you to configure them.