LinuxPlanet: Linux Specialist Astaro Claims First Anti-Spyware Firewall

“Astaro, a specialist in Linux-driven integrated security, has
rolled out a product touted as the first on any operating system to
combine network firewall protection with an anti-spyware
gateway.

“In an interview with LinuxPlanet, Jon Friedman, Astaro’s VP of
product marketing, noted that Astaro Security Linux is built on top
of a hardened edition of Novell’s SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
(SLES). Like previous versions, the new Astaro Security Linux 5.2
also includes a VPN gateway; virus protection; intrusion detection;
and spam and ‘surf’ protection, according to Friedman…”

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