Compaq, Check Point announce turn-key Linux-based security solution

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Author: JT Smith

From PR Newswire: Compaq Computer
Corporation (NYSE: CPQ) and
Check Point Software Technologies, Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHKP) today announced the
availability of a turn-key Linux-based security solution for medium to
large-sized enterprises and service providers in North America. The jointly
developed “Compaq/Check Point SolutionPaq” is a “Secured by Check Point
Appliance” integrating industry-leading Compaq ProLiant servers with Check
Point’s market-leading VPN-1/FireWall-1 software and enabled with firewall
high availability software from Rainfinity. The platform is optimized for
security applications, running on a hardened Red Hat Linux operating system
with all software pre-installed, pre-configured, tested and OPSEC-certified to
ensure “out-of-the-box” deployment as a single, fully integrated product from
Compaq and Check Point.