Check Point Software Technologies Ltd, the firewall and security management company, will this week announce a deal with 3Com Corp to bundle Check Point’s enterprise security management console software with every copy of 3Com’s router-based NetBuilder IP firewall. A full copy of the software will be available to NetBuilder purchasers free for 60 days. The console is based on Check Point’s Open Platform for Secure Enterprise Connectivity. Users will see the Check Point OPSEC graphical interface, the same used in its Firewall-1 product. Check Point reckons this is the first time two firewall vendors have made their products interoperable. Check Point would not disclose the financial terms.
