The needs of business networks are constantly changing, needing more speed, functionality, redundancy, security and stability. The network administers need a Unified Threat Management (UTM) solution that is easy to manage and has the ability to evolve with their changing business needs.

With this scenario in mind we would like to introduce UTM firewall solutions from Endian. These solutions provide a scalable, secure and easy to use range of tools backed by extensive community support and manageability through the Endian Support Network.

Endian Firewall Community is a "turn-key" Linux security distribution that turns any computer into a full featured security appliance. The software has been designed with usability in mind and is very easy to install, use and manage.

The features of this solution include a stateful packet inspection firewall, application-level proxies and gateway filters (Virus & Spam) for various protocols (HTTP, FTP, POP3, SMTP), content filtering of Web traffic and a "hassle free" SSL VPN solution (on OpenVPN).

The main advantage of Endian Firewall is that it is completely based on open source projects and supported by a large community base. Endian also extends the option to maintain your appliance updated and patched directly over the Internet from their support center.