Nortel Alteon Switched Firewalls 5100 Series

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5100 Series Switched Firewalls

The Nortel Switched Firewall 5100 series is ideal for standalone deployments at small or medium sized sites, that need network and application protection. Integrated with Nortel's Threat Protection System the Switched Firewall provides an adaptive defense against hacks, attacks, worms and viruses.

Key Features:

Protects and supports SIP, VoIP, wireless and other advanced services with no performance impact.
Combines Check Point security with Nortel networking to create a security solution that eliminates boundaries while protecting resources.
Improves the performance compared to server-based firewall deployments.

Switched Firewall 5100 Series Features & Benefits

The Switched Firewall 5100 Series guards the network against:

Denial of Service attacks
Oversized packets
SYN floods
Fragmentation attacks
Nimda
Code Red
Cross Site Scripting, and other network- or application-based attacks.

The Switched Firewall 5100 Series ensures that any web services deployment can traverse the Switched Firewall without performance limitations. Application examples include:

Microsoft CIFS
SMTP, FTP, HTTP, DNS and telnet traffic
SOAP/XML
Instant Messaging and Peer-to-Peer Applications
Windows Media, RealVideo and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
H.323-based services, including Voice over IP (VoIP) and NetMeeting
Oracle SQL and ERP

As well, comprehensive inspection and security for Voice over IP (VoIP) makes this the only VoIP security solution to provide Denial of Service (DoS) protection for all the major VoIP protocols, including H.323, SIP and MGCP.

Easy migration of Check Point Firewall-1 or VPN-1 Pro to the switched platform