





                             SafeFire Firewall

                                Version 1.0d

                                   README


               Copyright (C) 1999, Link Guard Solutions Ltd.



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Contents
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    1. Introduction
    2. System Requirements
    3. Contact information
    4. History of Changes

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1. Introduction
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    SafeFire Firewall is a Network Address Translation / Firewall
    utility for OS/2. It is designed to utilize any kind of LAN-to-LAN
    connection:

        - xDSL
        - Cable modems
        - Ordinary LAN

    SafeFire Firewall provides following features:

        - Easy installation
        - Highly configurable
        - Network Address Translation (masquerading)
        - Full support for FTP and IRC connections, including
          built-in IDENT server
        - Port Mapping
        - Packet Filter
        - Unlimited number of users supported
        - High performance
        - Optimized for high load
        - Tested for 7d/24h operation under high load
        - 'on-the-fly' configuration
        - Number of supported simultaneous connections limited
          only by OS/2 TCP/IP stack
        - Up to 65534 packet filer rules
        - Aurora (Warp Server for e-business) ready


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2. System Requirements
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    o Operating System

      - OS/2 Warp Version 4
      - OS/2 Warp Version 3
      - OS/2 Warp with WIN-OS/2 Version 3
      - OS/2 Warp Connect
      - OS/2 Warp Connect with WIN-OS/2
      - OS/2 Warp Server
      - OS/2 Warp Server for e-business

    o TCP/IP support

      - TCP/IP v4.0x    (coming with OS/2 Warp 4.0)
      - TCP/IP v4.1
      - TCP/IP v4.2.x   (coming with OS/2 Warp Server for e-business)

    o Disk free space

      - About 1 MB

    o Memory

      - Minimum 8 MB
      - Recommended 12 Mb

    o CPU

      - Intel 486 CPU running at 66 MHz or better


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3. Contact information
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    Link Guard Solutions Ltd.

    e-mail: Sales information
        	sales@lgs.kiev.ua

            Customer Support
            support@lgs.kiev.ua

    WWW:    Link Guard Solutions Home
            http://www.lgs.kiev.ua/


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4. History of changes
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    Version 1.0d
        * Added actual send of 'reject' packets for ICMP and TCP protocols
        * Fixed incorrect parsing of some kinds of rules

    Version 1.0c
        * Added support for 'count' rules in packet filter

    Version 1.0b
        * Fixed bug with '\x1A' characters in system files
          (previous fix caused serious problems)

    Version 1.0a
        * Fixed bug with '\x1A' characters in system files

    Version 1.0     Initial release


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