SonicWALL 3 manual SonicWALL Gateway Anti-Virus/Intrusion Prevention Features

CHAPTER 46: Managing SonicWALL Gateway Anti-Virus Service

SonicWALL Gateway Anti-Virus/Intrusion Prevention Features

•Real-TimeAnti-Virus Gateway Scanning - SonicWALL Gateway Anti-Virus/Intrusion Prevention Service delivers intelligent file-based virus and malicious code prevention through a patent-pend- ing deep packet inspection virus scanning engine that scans for viruses, worms and other Internet threats in real-time over the corporate network.

•Powerful Intrusion Prevention - SonicWALL Gateway Anti-Virus/Intrusion Prevention Service provides complete protection from a comprehensive array of network-based application layer threats by scanning packet payloads for worms, Trojans, software vulnerabilities such as buffer overflows, peer-to-peer and instant messenger applications, backdoor exploits, and other mali- cious code.

•Integrated Deep Packet Inspection Technology - SonicWALL Gateway Anti-Virus/Intrusion Pre- vention Service features a patent-pending, high-performance deep packet inspection engine that uses parallel searching algorithms up through the application layer to deliver increased application layer, Web and e-mail, attack prevention capabilities over those supplied by traditional stateful packet inspection firewalls. Parallel processing reduces the performance impact on the firewall and maximizes available memory for exceptional throughput on SonicWALL security appliance.

•Inter-zoneAnti-Virus Scanning - SonicWALL Gateway Anti-Virus/Intrusion Prevention Service provides an additional layer of protection against malicious threats by allowing administrators to enforce intrusion prevention and anti-virus scanning not only between each network zone and the Internet, but also between internal network zones (SonicOS Enhanced)

•Extensive Virus Signature List - SonicWALL Gateway Anti-Virus/Intrusion Prevention Service utilizes an extensive database containing thousands of attack and vulnerability signatures written to detect and prevent intrusions, viruses, worms, application exploits, and the use of peer-to-peer and instant messaging applications.

•Application Control - SonicWALL Gateway Anti-Virus/Intrusion Prevention Service provides net- work administrator’s with the ability to monitor and manage the use of instant messaging and peer- to-peer file sharing programs from operating through the firewall, closing a potential backdoor that can be used to compromise the network while improving employee productivity and conserving Internet bandwidth.

•Simplified Deployment and Management - SonicWALL Gateway Anti-Virus/Intrusion Prevention Service allows network administrators to create global policies between security zones and group attacks by priority, simplifying deployment and management across a distributed network.

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