- Vendor independent
- Scalable
- Granular configuration
- Transparent
Antivirus Protection
Integrating Antivirus Gateway to StoneGate Security Solution
Although an advanced firewall can do much more than filter packets based on sources and destinations, some threats are most efficiently tackled by complementing the firewall with content inspection servers (CIS), and anti-virus gateways.With StoneGate this integration can be done easily. Just add one rule to the security rule base and activate an agent to redirect the network traffic for inspection. Agent redirection is truly transparent, thus requiring no additional configuration on the client machines.
For instance,
incoming SMTP e-mail traffic could be forwarded from the firewall to the CIS for virus and content
checking.
According to the firewall security rules, CIS removes suspicious content and the scrubbed packets are returned back to the firewall for routing to their final destination.
Viruses and hazardous content are discarded before packets enter the internal network.
CIS can also be used to control outbound Web traffic. Firewall can redirect traffic to a CIS, which examines the destination address (URL). If the site is on the list of inappropriate sites, the traffic is denied. Approved traffic continues as normal.
Benefits
- Possibility of using best-of-breed content inspection products
- Get best performance by separating tasks to dedicated servers
- Save money by using existing content inspection solution