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VPN - Firewall
Enforcement
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All CMDS 1.5, Tiny Personal Firewall 3.0 Enterprise and
Tiny Personal Firewall 3.0 are integrated with Cisco
and Alcatel VPN. Also Nortel, Microsoft PPTP, and
Safenet VPN's work very well with all Tiny
Software's products. |
Tiny
Software, Inc. announced the availability of the all new Tiny
Personal Firewall 4.0.
Tiny
Personal Firewall represents smart, easy-to-use personal
security technology that fully protects personal computers
against hackers. It is built on the proven WinRoute Pro, ICSA
certified security technology. Tiny Personal Firewall is also
an integral part in Tiny Software's new Centrally Managed
Desktop Security (CMDS) system awarded a contract by the US
Air Force to encompass about 500,000 desktop computers. The
following descriptions demonstrate the simplicity of use, yet
powerful features of Tiny Personal Firewall.
Intrusion
Detection
Personal Firewall includes an easy-to-use wizard that detects
unknown activity and prompts the user for setup information.
After the setup is complete, a new rule is applied to the
filter rules list. This option may be disabled.
Application Filter
To protect from Trojan horse and other unauthorized
applications, Personal Firewall includes an application
filter. The wizard will detect when an application attempts to
bind to a port for communication and create a filter rule
based on the users input. Users may permit applications
manually from the filter rules. Tiny Personal Firewall also
provides a database of common applications that use known
ports.
MD5 Signature Support
To ensure that Trojan horse applications cannot pose as a
trusted application, Tiny Personal Firewall offers the option
to check for an MD5 digital signature for trusted
applications.
Syslog
Log information can be sent to a central syslog server for
reporting purposes. This too will be an integral component of
Tiny Software's new centrally managed desktop security system
used by the US Air Force.
Trusted Addresses
Users may create filtering rules that apply to user-defined,
trusted address groups. Multiple address groups, based on a
single IP, a subnet, or range may be created in the
"trustful addresses".
Remote/Secure Administration
In addition to login authentication, Tiny Personal Firewall
allows for full remote configuration of security policies.
This will be an important element for the centrally managed
desktop security system as it will allow remote configuration
of each user's security policies through a centrally managed
console server.
Time Intervals
Filter rules can be arranged so that they are only valid
during specific hours.
Tiny Personal Firewall includes many other firewall features
and is an ideal security solution for home/business
stand-alone and network computers.
Sandbox
in General
With TPF4
you can create a closed environment (sandbox) around any
application and restrict its access to your computer's
resources as well as its ability to communicate to the
Internet. Within this closed environment any code can run and
access calls of the application to system resources. Drivers,
the registry database (all configurations), and the file
system are shielded and constantly monitored to protect the
privacy and integrity of your system.
When
installing TPF4, the program scans the workstation for already
installed or known applications. In addition, it sets up a
pre-configured default sandboxes around the most common Web
browsers, email clients, and a restricted area for unknown.
This process may take up several minutes - please be patient
during the installation.
Preventing
Damage BEFORE it Happens
The
significant advantage of the application protection of TPF4 is
that it is not signature based. TPF4 checks for the
application activities and does not base its security
mechanism on a comparison with a database of hostile applet
references. It checks all actions and access to resources, but
only suspicious or unwanted actions are blocked. Hence, it is
a behavior checker, which not only protects against intended
hostile attacks, but also against unintentional bugs in
applications. Any other application within your user
environment can run and access resources without being
restricted by TPF. You can view which components are installed
and running on your computer, where they came from, monitor
what an application does, and which resources it accesses.
TPF4 adds a
security perimeter within a Windows workstation, transparently
layers it into your operating system, and integrates into
existing network security solutions. With this security, TPF
protects against flaws and holes within the security
mechanisms of the Web browser, the Java virtual machine and
the any application in the operating system.
Replacement
or the Addition to Your Virus Scan Software?
TPF4 does
not replace your virus scan software, it complements it.
Imagine virus scan software as a doctor - it removes infected
files or their portions once it KNOWS the infection. However,
in todays world when the viruses are spread across the
internet in a matter of minutes it would be too late most of
the times and damage would already happened.
TPF4's
sandbox adds the new significant layer of protection since it
protects your PC BEFORE the infection is known. The sandbox
stops virus or trojan which made it to your computer
immediately and instantly. Essentially it buys the time for
virus scan companies to identify virus and post the update for
virus scan engines so the virus or trojan may be removed later
on.
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