FreeGate's turnkey Internet servers offer the following features: click on the feature to learn more about it. Built-in WAN Connectivity
Advanced Security Firewall
Virtual Private Network (VPN) Support
E-mail Server
File Server
Web Server
Web Caching Server
DHCP Server
DNS Server
Interoperability
Remote Management and Upgrade
Redundancy and Fault Tolerance
Integrated Management with a web browser Built-in Wide Area Network (WAN) Connectivity Built-in IP Router
Every FreeGate system comes with a built-in IP router so that all of your LAN users can immediately surf the Internet and send and receive email. IP Routers normally are
purchased separately and can drive up your costs. This feature saves you money by not having to buy or upgrade your router. Built-in Choice of Wide Area Network (WAN) Interfaces
All FreeGate
systems come with built in WAN connectivity to get all of your LAN users quickly on the Internet while saving on integration and management cost. OneGate 1000
The OneGate 1000 provides a wide variety
of integrated WAN connections (also called interfaces) depending on the number of users and their Internet access need. The following WAN connections are available with OneGate 1000 systems:
- ISDN U and S/T- up to 128 KBPS
- 56Kbps Leased line Connection
- FT1 and T1 – 1.54 MBPS
- External xDSL Interface
- Field Upgradable- WAN interfaces can be upgraded via modular WAN interface cards.
OneGate 150
The OneGate 150 comes with a built-in IP router and 56 KBPS modem for connecting LAN users to the Internet over an analog telephone line. The system can also be maintained and serviced
remotely via built-in 56 KBPS modem. The following choice of other WAN interfaces is available for providing higher speed Internet access:
- Built-in basic rate ISDN interface
- 64 KBPS or 128 KBPS dial-up connectivity
- U or S/T interface
- IDSL compatible for connecting to 144 KBPS "always connected services"
- External xDSL Interface
- Additional Ethernet Interface provided to connect with external xDSL routers. Recommended for xDSL services to 384 KBPS
Advanced Security Firewall (standard on OneGate 1000 and OneGate 150)
The FreeGate system comes with an advanced security firewall that allows your users to safely access the Internet
and enables you to control who has access to your important corporate information from inside and outside the company. Flexibility and Ease of Set-up (standard on OneGate 1000 and OneGate 150)
The FreeGate System offers four levels of protection that can be chosen with a simple click of the mouse.
- Maximum Protection with no access except email
- Strong Protection with limited outbound access and no inbound access from the Internet
- Maximum Protection with unlimited outbound access but no inbound access from the Internet
- Not recommended but available is a No Protection option – this option is useful if you already have another firewall
Stateful Packet Filtering (standard on OneGate 1000 and OneGate 150)
The FreeGate system includes advanced static and dynamic packet filtering which protects against intruders from the Internet.
These filters can be set based on the applications as well as source and destination IP addresses. Network Address Translation (NAT) (standard on OneGate 1000 and OneGate 150)
The FreeGate system
also includes a NAT compatible with IETF standard. NAT helps in conserving IP addresses and increases security of the internal LAN by hiding its identity behind one public IP address.
What is Virtual Private Networking (VPN)?
VPN saves you money and provides security for connecting branch offices and remote users. FreeGate's VPN software transparently and securely interconnects
remote users and branch offices to the corporate LAN using the Internet. Therefore, FreeGate VPN software cost effectively expands reach of your network to provide end users access to central resources at any
time from anywhere. FreeGate VPN software provide two type of services on the OneGate 1000 and OneGate 150:
I. Remote Access VPN
II. Branch VPN I. Remote Access VPN
FreeGate's
Remote Access VPN software enables telecommuters and mobile users with a Windows 95/NT computer to reach other locations you have through local dial-up ISP access thereby saving on long distance charges.
Telecommuter and Mobile users only need to get Microsoft's standard PPTP (point to point tunneling protocol) dial-up software, which is available for free for both Windows 95 and Windows 98.
- Works with all Internet Service Providers (ISP's)
ISPs do not need to install any special software as the link (called a tunnel) is established directly between the end user and the FreeGate system using standard PPP authentication mechanism like PAP and
CHAP. This makes it easy for the ISP to serve you immediately.
- RSA based Standards Encryption
FreeGate's Remote Access VPN software includes robust RC4 encryption licensed from RSA (the defacto standard for security on the Internet) to ensure that all communication between the remote user and the
corporate server is totally secure.
- Integrated with FreeGate's internal Firewall
Using FreeGate's Remote Access VPN software, companies can now cost effectively and securely deploy intranet (internal web) applications and include all remote users. II. Branch VPN FreeGate's
Branch VPN software interconnects multiple FreeGate systems to form a corporate-wide "internal intranet network" using the public Internet as the wide area network that normally would be provided by
long distance service from long distance companies or expensive telephone leased lines.
- Industry Standard Security
Security is implemented using the most widely accepted industry standard IP Security (IPSec) protocol to provide investment protection and interoperability.
- Strong Flexible Encryption
FreeGate's Branch VPN offers a choice of DES, 3DES or RSA's RC2 encryption algorithms.
With FreeGate's Branch VPN, users at branch offices have access to email directories, files and other corporate information as if they were physically at the corporate site.
Common administration framework simplifies management and administration making it easier to deploy Branch VPN within the company. E-mail (standard on OneGate 1000 and OneGate 150)
The
FreeGate system includes an email server, which allows every user in your company to have a personal email address to send and receive email within the office and outside to your customers, business partners and
employees. Personalized E-mail address
Using the FreeGate system, you can assign personalized email address (like a telephone extension) to every user in your company in the form of username@yourcompany.com. Once that is done,
users can send and receive email to others within the company or to any one outside your company with an Internet accessible email address. Secure E-mail
Unlike web-based email solutions,
your inter-company email remains secure, as it does not travel over the Internet. Standards based E-mail services
The FreeGate system incorporates industry standard SMTP and POP3 servers which work
with all ISPs, and other SMTP/POP3 compatible servers and clients. It also works with existing mail servers such as Notes and Exchange to act as mail relay. Works with most E-mail clients
The
FreeGate system works with any SMTP/POP3 compatible email clients offering your users utmost flexibility in using email clients of their choice. The FreeGate system works with most leading email clients including
the following:
- Microsoft Internet Mail and Outlook
- Eudora
- Netscape Mail
- Pegasus
Mailing lists (standard on OneGate 1000 and OneGate 150)
The FreeGate system also includes capability to create public, private and moderated mailing lists. Users can automatically subscribe and
unsubscribe to these mailing lists making it easier to communicate amongst employees and partners on topics of common interest. Mail Forwarding (standard on OneGate 1000 and OneGate 150)
The FreeGate
system also allows users to create automatic Vacation emails or forward their email to another address when they are away from their office. File Server
(standard on OneGate 1000 and OneGate 150)
The FreeGate system allows you to quickly share and publish files via FTP (file transfer) commands and via Microsoft Windows Network Neighborhood using drag-and-drop
features. Publish files on the Internet (standard on OneGate 1000 and OneGate 150)
You can publish public files on the Internet very easily. These files can then be accessed by users on the Internet
with an anonymous FTP command that is available in every browser. Controlled file access (standard on OneGate 1000 and OneGate 150)
In the FreeGate system, you can assign someone to be the FTP publisher
who has both read and write privilege while all authorized users on the LAN get Personal FTP privilege wherein they only get read and write privilege for their own files. Drag-and-drop file sharing
(standard on OneGate 1000 and OneGate 150)
The FreeGate system supports Microsoft's SMB (server message block) and CIFS (common Internet file system) which allows users to drag and drop any file for sharing
through FTP commands. Therefore, users don't have to learn anything to become FTP publishers. Reporting (standard on OneGate 1000 and OneGate 150)
Like in other services, the FreeGate system provides
report on FTP access so that you can use it as an audit trail, if needed. Web Server (standard on models 1000 and 150)
The FreeGate system can be used to host an intranet Web site for
disseminating company information such as policies, employee directory and company news. In addition, you can also publish and host your public Internet site on the FreeGate system.
Publishing Internal and External Web sites
Once you have created your web site – whether internal or external, you can publish the web site using either FTP or Windows drag-and-drop features. The
FreeGate system allows every user on your LAN to be a web publisher with Personal Web Publisher privilege or Corporate Web Publisher privilege. Pre-built CGI scripts
The Common Gateway Interface
(CGI) is a standard that allows external programs and a Web server to interact. To make publishing job easy and secure, FreeGate system provides following CGIs for most common functions:
- Guestbook - Allows users to submit comments about your external Web site.
- Form handler - Allows you to use forms to gather data from visitors to your Web site.
- Web counter - Allows you to add a graphical counter that shows the number of hits a page has received.
- Table of contents - Allows users to use a table of contents to navigate through your Web site.
- Mail forwarding - Collects and formats data entered by users and sends email to a predefined system administrator contact.
- Site search – Allows searching of the site based on keywords.
Reporting
The reporting features in the FreeGate system allow you to analyze data on how often specific pages on your Web site are accessed by the public. Web Caching Server
(standard on models 1000 and 150)
The FreeGate system includes a web proxy server, which is used for caching the most commonly accessed sites. This reduces the network bandwidth and improves web access
performance for all users on the LAN. DHCP Server (standard on models 1000 and 150)
DHCP (dynamic host control protocol) is an industry standard protocol used for dynamically
assigning IP addresses to different computers on the network. The FreeGate system includes a DHCP server so that it can assign IP addresses dynamically to all workstations on the LAN. However, if there is another
DHCP server on the network, the FreeGate DHCP server function can be turned off. DNS Server (standard on models 1000 and 150)
DNS (domain name server) is an industry standard server
which maps IP addresses to the domain names. The FreeGate server has a built-in DNS server and can act as both a primary or secondary DNS server. Interoperability
(standard on models 1000 and 150)
FreeGate's family of products conforms to industry standards to guarantee seamless integration of customers' LANs into the Internet, while maintaining network security.
Whether customers' LANs are built on Novell® NetWareTM, or Microsoft® NTTM, or AppleTalkTM network architecture, FreeGate's family of products provides powerful enabling tools to build a cost-effective Internet
presence. Remote Management and Upgrade (standard on models 1000 and 150)
The FreeGate system can be diagnosed and attended to remotely over a dial-up link or securely over the Internet.
In addition, all software upgrades can be performed automatically at a scheduled time over the Internet. Remote diagnostics via dial-up
The remote diagnostics can be enabled over a built-in dial-up
link wherein your trusted VAR or system administrator can be assigned to diagnose the system remotely. For security reasons, this feature can be turned off or enabled for only a pre-set time.
Secure diagnostics over the Internet
The remote diagnostics can also be enabled over the Internet for use by your trusted VAR or system administrator or by FreeGate customer service engineer. To enable
this privilege, authorized users need to get a public key digital certificate issued by FreeGate Corporation. The remote configuration encrypts sessions between the remote administrator and FreeGate system using
SSL (secure socket layer); an industry standard for encrypting web traffic. Automatic Software upgrade
FreeGate Remote Management System (RMS) allows you to schedule automatic upgrades of
system downloads. You can choose the preferred day of the week and time for performing upgrades. Redundancy and Fault Tolerance (available on model 1000 only)
The FreeGate TS1000
system has been engineered for superior uptime and utmost reliability. It includes advanced features like mirrored disk drives, built-in UPS, ECC memory and dual cooling fans. Redundant disk drives
The FreeGate system comes with redundant disk drives so that if one of the disk drives fail, the mirrored disk drive takes over and the system keeps running. Built-in UPS
The FreeGate system comes
with a built-in uninterruptible power supply (UPS) to guard against data loss due to power failure or power supply failure. ECC Memory
The FreeGate system includes error-correcting memory, which
improves reliability of the complete system. Dual cooling fans
The FreeGate system comes with dual cooling fans so that the system can run efficiently even in poorly ventilated areas.
Integrated Management (standard on models 1000 and 150)
The FreeGate system features a simple, easy-to-use, consistent Web-based graphical user interface (GUI) to handle administrative tasks such as:
- Configuring the system
- Creating, Modifying or Deleting user accounts
- Assigning account privileges
- Customizing services
This Web-based integrated management reduces administrative overhead and hides the technical complexity making it easier for anyone to administer the system without much training. |
