Features

The EnGarde Secure Professional integrated software solution offers unsurpassed levels of security, ease of use, intrusion detection and alert capabilities, integrated database and software development packages, and support for standards-based Internet services.

EnGarde Secure Professional is also available in pre-configured turnkey rackmount Internet servers from Guardian Digital. The Guardian Digital Linux Lockbox is a highly reliable complete eBusiness solution, configured to address space-saving considerations at co-location facilities, ISPs, and ASPs.

Guardian Digital's EnGarde Secure Professional features:

• Browser-Based Administration - Browser-based secure remote administration can be performed using the Guardian Digital WebTool. The GD WebTool provides security through a 1024-bit SSL connection and allows an administrator to perform 100% of the functions that could previously only be performed from the command line.
• Guardian Digital Secure Network - The integrated Guardian Digital Secure Network allows organizations to manage the software configuration of their EnGarde Secure Professional installations within their enterprise.
• Web Services - All Web functions are controllable through the GD WebTool. The creation of thousands of virtual Web sites can be easily managed and maintained.
• High-speed Internet Connectivity - Connect your office Cable or DSL high-speed Internet connection to build an inexpensive corporate presence.
• Gateway Firewall Services - The integrated gateway firewall includes the ability to protect organizations from malicious cybervandals and provides a level of assurance that its assets are secure. The port forwarding functionality provides small organizations with the ability to redirect Internet service requests to servers within the internal network. Network Address Translation provides security by masquerading requests by internal clients for Internet services as well as enabling organizations to use a single IP address for all their internal workstations to reach the Internet.
• Intrusion Detection and Prevention - The intrusion detection features will detect and notify you of possible threats and security related events.
• System Logging and Auditing - Extensive logging is performed to insure that you have the latest system information.
• Host Security - Security of the host itself has been significantly increased. Enforcement of longer user passwords, control of expiration dates, and utilization of the latest in advanced forms of password encryption close one of the most common and easily exploitable means of intrusion.
• Electronic Mail Server - The included e-mail server has been engineered to provide security and stability and can control e-mail for hundreds of domains with the click of a mouse. Mail can then be retrieved in a secure format using conventional mail clients. Additional security improvements have been made including protection from common threats as well as restricting unsolicited e-mail.
• PHP Embedded Scripting - The PHP HTML embedded scripting language makes it easy for developers to create dynamically-generated Web pages. PHP also offers built-in database integration for database management systems, providing the ability the produce database-enabled Web pages with a short learning curve.
• Database Support - The included database server provides a true multi-user, multi-threaded SQL (Structured Query Language) database server, enabling EnGarde system users and applications to create robust interactive Web sites and powerful E-Commerce sites.
• Secured IMAP and POP3 - SSL Secured IMAP and POP3 are fully supported to help increase the security of personal e-mail.
• Domain Name Services - EnGarde Secure Professional can manage DNS for thousands of domains for external users trying to access virtual Web sites running on EnGarde, as well as DNS for internal users. This is all configurable using the WebTool.
• Common Gateway Interface (CGI) Support - The administrator has the ability to enable CGI-based dynamic Web content on an individual virtual server basis.
• Server Side Includes - EnGarde has the full ability to correctly display server-parsed Web pages (.shtml files).
• Secure Shell Accounts -The Secure Shell provides a secure encrypted communications link with EnGarde Secure Professional from a remote location, eliminating the risk previously found in other remote access methods.
• Web Server Aliasing - EnGarde has the ability to create thousands of virtual Web sites from the same IP address.
• E-Mail Server Aliasing - EnGarde gives the administrator the ability to add e-mail server aliases, allowing the creation of thousands of virtual e-mail domains.