Internet Security Gateway targets small network environments

Providing unified threat management, InstaGate 305 includes network intrusion prevention, and deep packet inspection firewall to detect and stop threats at all layers of network. IPSec VPN with 3DES/AES encryption and digital certificate support allows site-to-site security and remote-access connectivity. Based on user-definable keywords, full URLs, and regular expression matching, URL filtering allows organization to limit URLs accessible from behind firewall.

Device Raises the Bar for Sub-$1,000 Unified Threat Management (UTM) Solutions by Including Gateway Anti-Virus, URL Filtering and Intrusion Prevention

BROOMFIELD, Colo., Sept. 14 -- eSoft, Inc., a leading vendor of integrated Internet security and content management solutions, announced today the availability of its newest product, the InstaGate 305 integrated security gateway, which integrates Firewall, IPSec VPN, Gateway Anti-Virus, Web URL Filtering and Network Intrusion Prevention into a single, easy-to-deploy and manage solution.

The InstaGate 305, tailored for small network environments with critical security needs, is the latest addition to eSoft's award-winning line of unified threat management (UTM) solutions that integrate dynamic Deep Packet Inspection services such as Anti-Virus and Intrusion Prevention into traditional Firewall/VPN network security appliances. While many devices in the sub-$1,000 market provide stateful Firewall and VPN functionality, few provide the performance and depth of inspection of the InstaGate 305, which is based on a powerful Intel(R) XScale processor with a large memory footprint.

"The InstaGate 305 fills a critical gap in one of the most under-served areas of the market," said Scott Lukes, eSoft vice president of marketing. "Small organizations are exposed to the same Internet threats as large Fortune 500 enterprises -- the only difference is that they don't have the same resources to deal with them. The 305 was designed to provide all of the necessary tools to protect small networks from modern, dynamic threats -- like the recent Zotob virus -- with minimal requirements from IT."