Cisco IOS Firewall

The Cisco IOS Firewall, provides robust, integrated firewall and intrusion detection functionality for every perimeter of the network. Available for a wide range of Cisco IOS software-based routers, the Cisco IOS Firewall offers sophisticated security and policy enforcement for connections within an organization (intranet) and between partner networks (extranets), as well as for securing Internet connectivity for remote and branch offices.

A security-specific, value-add option for Cisco IOS Software, the Cisco IOS Firewall enhances existing Cisco IOS security capabilities, such as authentication, encryption, and failover, with state-of-the-art security features, such as stateful, application-based filtering (context-based access control), defense against network attacks, per user authentication and authorization, and real-time alerts.

The Cisco IOS Firewall is configurable via Cisco ConfigMaker software, an easy-to-use Microsoft Windows 95, 98, NT 4.0 based software tool.

The Cisco IOS Firewall provides great value in addition to these benefits:

• Flexibility - the all-in-one solution provides multiprotocol routing, perimeter security, intrusion detection, VPN functionality and dynamic, per-user authentication and authorization
• Scalable deployment - scales to meet any network's bandwidth and performance requirements
• Investment protection - leverages existing multiprotocol router investment
• VPN support - provides a complete VPN solution based on Cisco IOS IPSec, and other CISCO IOS software-based technologies, including L2TP tunneling and Quality of Service (QOS)