NetOp Desktop Firewall

NetOp Desktop Firewall is the World’s first driver-centric PC firewall with central control for corporate laptops, enhancing network security.

The NetOp Desktop Firewall is designed specifically to meet the needs of corporate business. It is packed with numerous features to help IT professionals get the most out of firewall technology with its strong and unique features as a stand-alone or as a centrally managed system for distributed firewalls.

In most enterprise networks the IT Department has no way to check the integrity of their laptop devices before allowing them onto the network. The use of wireless access points for employees and visitors, allows computers inside the corporate firewall and thereby compromising firewall security. If the laptop is not a trusted device, then it is a rogue device that could be infected with a worm or Trojan, which could spread to other devices on the network. Therefore personal firewalls installed locally on enterprise computers, functions as an aid to the existing corporate security firewall.

The NetOp Desktop Firewall is a personal firewall that is installed on laptops and local desktops. The Desktop Firewall is an extremely versatile piece of security management software and offers a range of powerful functions, greatly enhancing computer firewall security.


Key benefits of NetOp Desktop Firewall

The NetOp Desktop Firewall System consists of two modules: the Client, which is a personal firewall installed on each laptop in the network, and the optional Policy Server, which administers corporate and individual firewall security levels.

NetOp Desktop Firewall Client

Process control: The NetOp Desktop Firewall process control is an extremely powerful security management tool that lets you manage all the processes running on your system. Using process control, you define rules that apply for any given application. The firewall security features gives you the ability to prevent an application from running at all, allow communication, only allow communication with a trusted network, or prevent any communication at all.

Packet filtering: The NetOp Desktop Firewall dynamic packet-filtering architecture works at the network layer, controlling IP addresses, ports and protocols. Dynamic packet filtering monitors the states of the connections and compiles this information in a state table. This means filtering decisions are based on static packet filtering rules as well as on context that has been established by prior packets that have passed through the PC firewall. As an added internet security measure against port scanning, the NetOp Desktop Firewall software closes off ports until connection to the specific port is requested.

NetOp Policy Server

NetOp Desktop Firewall control: The NetOp Policy Server assigns a security policy to a logged-on NetOp Desktop Firewall specifying configuration for Programs, Ports, Protocols, Trusted Nets and Banned Nets Firewall Rules, Profiles and Profile Rules in real-time and also records information received from the individual NetOp Desktop Firewall.

NetOp Desktop Firewall manageability: The NetOp Policy Server fully supports Microsoft Active Directory and can apply security policies to computers that are members of Active Directory security groups. This allows management of the infrastructure security to be performed from the administrator’s usual tool; Active Directory users and computers. For fault tolerance and load distribution, the NetOp Policy Server has been implemented with a Master Server and multiple Replica Servers to ensure maximum system availability.

Technical requirements

NetOp Desktop Firewall Client
Computer
Intel Pentium processor 233 MHz or higher or 100% compatible
Memory
Operating System requirement plus additional 32 MB RAM
Video
Any 100% VGA compatible graphics adapter supported by Windows
Disk sp