Virtualized Firewalls, Router enhance cloud security.

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Intended for hosting, SaaS, and cloud companies, Virtual Security Router (VSR) enhances network security via virtual firewalls and feature set. Solution can be integrated using APIs and provides complete security package for virtual infrastructure. In addition to layer 7 load-balancing, enterprise routing, and web acceleration, features include zero-config clustering and redundancy, application control, as well as traffic shaping and bandwidth management.



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Halon Security Introduce Next-Generation Virtualized Security Routers for Cloud Security



GOTHENBURG, Sweden -- Halon Security, Sweden's most prominent e-mail security and firewall appliance manufacture, announce today next-generation firewall and security router as a virtual appliance named Virtual Security Router (VSR). The new virtual firewalls enhance network security and bring future-proof technologies.

"Our new powerful firewall and router extend possibilities to a new dimension. We're offering unique rich feature sets that allows hosting, SaaS and cloud companies set security to another level without compromise. VSR is a complete security package for virtual infrastructure and can be easily integrated by using APIs. Halon Security is a technology partner with VMware and has a long-term commitment history so it was an obvious choice to support VMware vSphere," said Peter Falck, President of Halon Security. "The number of partners and customers that have requested us to do a security platform for the virtual infrastructure far exceeded our expectations. VSR offers additional interesting elements to virtual environments such as layer 7 load-balancing, enterprise routing and web acceleration."

Halon Security VSR

VSR is now available for small, midsize and enterprise customers. VSR offers the same high security and advanced feature set as the HSR hardware appliance series, including full IPv6 support, zero-config clustering and redundancy, application layer load-balancing, BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) and OSPF (Open Shortest Path First), ssl and web acceleration, application control, traffic shaping and bandwidth management, revision based configuration and enterprise management, and more.

VSR can be downloaded as a time limited evaluation copy, available as a virtual appliance and on standalone hardware. Visit www.halonsecurity.com to download evaluation demo.

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