Whats so great about the Solaris IP Filter firewall?
• Strengthens security in Solaris by preventing unauthorized access to private computers or networks • Enhances the integrity of networks that contain Solaris systems • Engineered to use stable interfaces to ensure high performance and easy manageability for Solaris software customers It also provides the following capabilities: • Network address translation (NAT): I/O packets going through NAT can have their source or destination IP address changed to mask the real address, based on configurable rules. • Filtering: Packets can be allowed or not allowed into a network, based on configurable rules. • Accounting: Rules can be set up to record the number of bytes and packets entering and leaving the network, allowing for statistical analysis.
