Symantec's Enterprise Firewall works with Windows 2000/2003 or Solaris 8/9. We installed it on our Windows Server 2003 machine with two network interfaces (a requirement of the software).
Symantec's Gateway Security 5460 is the largest, and one of the most powerful, appliances that we have had on test. It has eight Gigabit Ethernet ports, which can be configured to segregate a network or for high availability. The firewall can also be configured to load balance between a cluster, improving performance provided you have the correct license.
These complementary products from Akonix make up a comprehensive communications security system. The Enforcer module is an enterprise-level server that provides security services for both instant messaging and peer-to-peer systems, while L7 Enterprise, in conjunction with the Enforcer, provides control and reporting facilities as well as creating, applying and maintaining security policies for applications and users.
It is something of an industry tradition that each passing year will herald a flurry of software vendors bearing updated editions of their major product lines. Symantec has pitched up with a 2004-suffixed edition of Norton AntiVirus, the latest revision of the electronic infection-fighting tool trusted by millions of PC users around the world.
