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Etherguard

The Etherguard can assure that a local connecting host is not spoofing its IP address by providing authentication of its hardware Ethernet address with the IP address it broadcasts, thus preventing a user from masquerading as a trusted machine.

The Eagle can close the very dangerous back-door left open by individuals who have IBM compatible or Macintosh PC's on their desks with dial-in modems attached. Access to your nework can be restricted on such PC's so that dial-in users are disallowed access to the rest of the network, or to the outside network. This is done via Eagle-specific versions of telnet software for the PC's which check for use of the modem and disable communication as dictated by site security policies and the Eagle authorization rules.


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