3com X506 Unified Security Platform US 3CRX506-96-US Data Sheet

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Based on award-winning TippingPoint Provides peace of mind by preventing business disruption, loss of revenue 

Threat Suppression Engine

and damage to the organization’s reputation caused by security breaches.

Packet flow inspection for Layer 2

Continuously cleanses Internet and intranet traffic, eradicating threats 

through Layer 7

and helping to prevent bandwidth hijacking.

Statistical, protocol and application

Safeguards against traffic surges, buffer overflows, unknown attacks and 

anomaly protection

unknown vulnerabilities (zero-day threats).

Quarantine protection

Isolate infected devices from the network without the need for PC software 

agents; transparently redirect web requests so users know they are 

infected or running applications which do not conform to corporate policies.

Recommended settings supplied

Ensures that no “good” traffic is blocked and no “bad” traffic is permitted; 

with IPS filters in Digital Vaccine

no security expertise or fine-tuning of settings is required.

Digital Vaccine Attack Filter 

Automatically delivers new security filters that preemptively protect 

Update Service

against new exploits; offers updated protection and prevention on a 

weekly (or more frequent) basis.

Traffic normalization

Eliminates malformed or illegal packets and performs TCP reassembly 

and IP defragmentation to increase bandwidth and detect evasions.

Elimination of ad hoc patching and

Increases IT productivity and saves management costs; continuously 

alert responses

shields the network from application and infrastructure exploits while 

patches are being deployed.

High-performance, low-latency

Allows the Internet to be used as a secure connectivity mechanism for 

IPSec VPN

site-to-site connections and remote user connectivity.

Ability to apply IPS inside VPN tunnels Offers complete security protection, ensuring that remote VPN clients or 

branch offices cannot be used to propagate threats into the LAN.

Single, high-performance, resilient

Reduces the number of devices that need to be managed and saves 

platform 

management costs; provides greater flexibility by integrating multiple 

functions (e.g., IPS in VPN tunnels).

Policy-based prioritization

Ensures QoS for business-critical applications and latency-sensitive 

services such as VoIP; makes sure network traffic adheres to policies set 

by management; improves users’ productivity.

SIP/H323 application layer gateway

Provides ability to identify and prioritize mission-critical VoIP applications.

and stateful traffic shaping

Traffic shaping inside VPN tunnels

Prioritizes site-to-site voice traffic across VPN tunnels, saving costs on 

long-distance phone calls and leveraging centralized business applications.

Support for PIM-DM multicast routing Enables next-generation applications such as distance-based learning, 

between sites over IPSec VPN

real-time training and conferencing

Block instant messages (IM),

Improves employee productivity and preserves bandwidth by restricting 

peer-to-peer file sharing and 

access to unauthorized applications.

streaming applications

Web content filtering

Reduces legal liability and security threats related to offensive or harmful 

Web content; boosts employee productivity by restricting access to non

business content.

Layer 4 through Layer 7 rate limiting

Provides the ability to limit the data rate of applications like IM and 

streaming video to maximize WAN bandwidth.

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