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{{Short description|Network security application}}
{{Infobox software
{{Infobox software
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| name = Novell BorderManager
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| caption = The NetWare console screen
| caption = The NetWare console screen
| developer = [[Novell, Inc.]]
| developer = [[Novell, Inc.]]
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| genre = [[Network access control]]
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| genre = [[Network Access Control]]/[[Network security]]
| latest release version = 3.9 SP2
| latest release version = 3.9 SP2
| latest release date = {{release date and age|2009|02|19}}
| latest release date = {{release date and age|2009|02|19}}
| platform = [[NetWare]]
| platform = [[NetWare]]
| license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
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| website = {{URL|novell.com/products/bordermanager}}
| working state = Current
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| website = [http://www.novell.com/products/bordermanager www.novell.com/products/bordermanager]
| released = August 25, 1997
| released = August 25, 1997
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'''BorderManager''' is a multi purpose [[network security]] application developed by [[Novell, Inc.]] BorderManager is designed as a [[proxy server]], [[Firewall (networking)|firewall]], and [[Virtual private network|VPN access point]]. Novell has announced that migration to SuperLumin 4.0 Proxy Cache is "Novell's preferred firewall and proxy solution for NetWare customers upgrading to Novell Open Enterprise Server on Linux."
'''Novell BorderManager''' was a multi purpose [[network security]] application developed by [[Novell, Inc.]] Novell BorderManager is designed as a [[proxy server]], [[Firewall (networking)|firewall]], and [[Virtual private network|VPN access point]]. Novell has announced that migration to SuperLumin 4.0 Proxy Cache is "Novell's preferred firewall and proxy solution for NetWare customers upgrading to Novell Open Enterprise Server on Linux."


==History==
==History==
BorderManager was designed to run on top of the [[NetWare]] kernel and takes advantage of the fast file services that the NetWare kernel delivers. Aside from the more easily copied [[Firewall (networking)|firewall]] and [[VPN|VPN access point]] services, Novell designed the proxy services to retrieve web data with a server to server connection rather than a client to server connection as all of the prior proxy servers on the market had done. This retrieval method along with NetWare's fast file [[input/output|IO]] and other [[Proprietary software|proprietary]] code made BorderManager's proxy engine one of the fastest in existence.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BorderManager FastCache|publisher=[[Novell]]|url=http://support.novell.com/techcenter/articles/ana19981105.html|date=1 November 1998|accessdate=24 March 2010}}</ref>
BorderManager was designed to run on top of the [[NetWare]] [[kernel (operating system)|kernel]] and takes advantage of the fast file services that the NetWare kernel delivers. Aside from the more easily copied [[Firewall (networking)|firewall]] and [[VPN|VPN access point]] services, Novell designed the proxy services to retrieve web data with a server-to-server connection rather than a client-to-server connection as all of the prior proxy servers on the market had done. This retrieval method along with NetWare's fast file [[input/output|IO]] and other [[Proprietary software|proprietary]] code made BorderManager's proxy engine one of the fastest in existence.<ref>{{cite web|title=BorderManager FastCache|publisher=[[Novell]]|url=http://support.novell.com/techcenter/articles/ana19981105.html|date=1 November 1998|access-date=24 March 2010}}</ref>


In 2003, Novell announced the successor product to NetWare: [[Open Enterprise Server]] (OES). First released in March 2005, OES completes the separation of the services traditionally associated with NetWare, i.e. file and print. This makes it possible for the customer to choose which NetWare or [[Linux]] kernel the services will run on.
In 2003, Novell announced the successor product to NetWare: [[Open Enterprise Server]] (OES). First released in March 2005, OES completes the separation of the services traditionally associated with NetWare, i.e. file and print. This makes it possible for the customer to choose which NetWare or [[Linux]] kernel the services will run on.


At this time Novell all but announced the end of development for the NetWare kernel (numerous public and private statements that there is no 64-bit future for NetWare and that Linux is the path to [[64-bit computing]] for [[Open Enterprise Server|OES]]).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Good-bye NetWare, hello OES 2|publisher=[[Novell]]|url=http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS2871051200.html|date=19 March 2007}}</ref> To follow through on this migration path, Novell began porting all applications to Linux. The company began looking at alternate ways to deliver these same services, as firewall and [[VPN|VPN access point]] services of equivalent functionality are readily available in the [[Free software|free]]/[[open-source software|open-source]] community and there are also basic proxy services as well (i.e. [[Squid cache|Squid]]). The desire to deliver a functional equivalent could not be done by a full software code port as much of the cache engine was sold as part of the [[Volera Excelerator]] and Novell holds a great desire to use or create [[open-source software]] for basic services such as this.
At this time Novell all but announced the end of development for the NetWare kernel (numerous public and private statements that there is no 64-bit future for NetWare and that Linux is the path to [[64-bit computing]] for [[Open Enterprise Server|OES]]).<ref>{{cite web|title=Good-bye NetWare, hello OES 2|publisher=[[Novell]]|url=http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS2871051200.html|date=19 March 2007}}</ref> To follow through on this migration path, Novell began [[porting]] all applications to Linux. The company began looking at alternate ways to deliver these same services, as firewall and [[VPN|VPN access point]] services of equivalent functionality are readily available in the [[Free software|free]]/[[open-source software|open-source]] community and there are also basic proxy services as well (i.e. [[Squid cache|Squid]]). The desire to deliver a functional equivalent could not be done by a full software code port as much of the [[Cache (computing)|cache]] engine was sold as part of the Volera Excelerator and Novell holds a great desire to use or create [[open-source software]] for basic services such as this.


Novell entered an agreement with [[Astaro]] to relabel [[Astaro Security Gateway]] and license it as [[Novell Security Manager]]. The product was removed from the Novell price list on 15 February 2007.<ref>http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/18142.html</ref>
Novell entered an agreement with Astaro to relabel Astaro Security Gateway and license it as Novell Security Manager. The product was removed from the Novell price list on 15 February 2007.<ref>[http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/18142.html Cool Solutions: Update on Novell BorderManager and Novell Security Manager by Astaro]. Novell.com. Retrieved on 2014-05-23.</ref>


==Future==
==Future==
In the late summer of 2006 Novell announced, that there would be a BorderManger 3.9 release.<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://www.novell.com/products/bordermanager/announcement.html| title= Updated Novell BorderManager Coming Q1 2007| accessdate= 2007-03-12 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070202160328/http://www.novell.com/products/bordermanager/announcement.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2007-02-02}}</ref>
In the late summer of 2006 Novell announced, that there would be a BorderManager 3.9 release.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.novell.com/products/bordermanager/announcement.html| title= Updated Novell BorderManager Coming Q1 2007| access-date= 2007-03-12 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070202160328/http://www.novell.com/products/bordermanager/announcement.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-02-02}}</ref>


At BrainShare 2010, Novell announced "SuperLumin 4.0 Proxy Cache as path forward for BorderManager customers." <ref>http://www.superlumin.com/Novell_superlumin.html</ref> They also announced "extended BorderManager General Support for two years (through March 7, 2012)" to give customers "adequate time to make the move."
At the [[Novell BrainShare]] conference in 2010, Novell announced "SuperLumin 4.0 Proxy Cache as path forward for BorderManager customers."<ref>[http://www.superlumin.com/Novell_superlumin.html ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628065152/http://www.superlumin.com/Novell_superlumin.html |date=June 28, 2010 }}</ref> They also announced "extended BorderManager General Support for two years (through March 7, 2012)" to give customers "adequate time to make the move."


As of November 2011, the Novell Support Lifecycle page states that "Border Manager 3.9 General Support will be extended to September 30, 2013, to make it easy for customers to plan and execute their upgrade to Novell Open Enterprise Server. The upgrade path for Border Manager remains SuperLumin Nemesis."<ref>http://support.novell.com/lifecycle/</ref>
As of November 2011, the Novell Support Lifecycle page states that "Border Manager 3.9 General Support will be extended to September 30, 2013, to make it easy for customers to plan and execute their upgrade to Novell Open Enterprise Server. The upgrade path for Border Manager remains SuperLumin Nemesis."<ref>[http://support.novell.com/lifecycle/ Novell Support | Support Lifecycle]. Support.novell.com (1970-01-01). Retrieved on 2014-05-23.</ref>


==Third-Party Filtering Solutions==
==Third-Party Filtering Solutions==
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* [[Secure Computing]] - N2H2/Bess
* [[Secure Computing]] - N2H2/Bess
* [[SurfControl]]
* [[SurfControl]]

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==Further reading==
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* {{Cite book|last= Pan |first= Laura Y. |title= Novell's BorderManager Administrator's Handbook |year= 1999|publisher= [[Novell Press]] |isbn= 978-0-7645-4565-8 }}
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* {{Cite book|last= Gaskin |first= James E. |title= Intranetware BorderManager |year= 1997 |publisher= Sybex Inc |isbn= 978-0-7821-2138-4 }}
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* {{Cite book|last= Johnson |first= Craig |title= Migrating from BorderManager to SuperLumin Nemesis |year= 2011 }} [http://nscsysop.hypermart.net/migbook.html Book Website]


==References==
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==Further reading==
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* {{Cite book |last= Pan |first= Laura Y. |title= Novell's BorderManager Administrator's Handbook |year= 1999 |publisher= [[Novell Press]] |isbn= 978-0-7645-4565-8 |url= https://archive.org/details/novellsborderman00panl }}
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* {{Cite book |last= Gaskin |first= James E. |title= Intranetware BorderManager |year= 1997 |publisher= Sybex Inc |isbn= 978-0-7821-2138-4 |url= https://archive.org/details/intranetwarebord00gask }}
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* {{Cite book|last= Johnson |first= Craig |title= Migrating from BorderManager to SuperLumin Nemesis |year= 2011 }} [http://nscsysop.hypermart.net/migbook.html Book Website]


==External links==
==External links==

Latest revision as of 15:13, 12 November 2024

Novell BorderManager
Developer(s)Novell, Inc.
Initial releaseAugust 25, 1997
Stable release
3.9 SP2 / February 19, 2009; 15 years ago (2009-02-19)
PlatformNetWare
TypeNetwork access control
LicenseProprietary
Websitenovell.com/products/bordermanager

Novell BorderManager was a multi purpose network security application developed by Novell, Inc. Novell BorderManager is designed as a proxy server, firewall, and VPN access point. Novell has announced that migration to SuperLumin 4.0 Proxy Cache is "Novell's preferred firewall and proxy solution for NetWare customers upgrading to Novell Open Enterprise Server on Linux."

History

[edit]

BorderManager was designed to run on top of the NetWare kernel and takes advantage of the fast file services that the NetWare kernel delivers. Aside from the more easily copied firewall and VPN access point services, Novell designed the proxy services to retrieve web data with a server-to-server connection rather than a client-to-server connection as all of the prior proxy servers on the market had done. This retrieval method along with NetWare's fast file IO and other proprietary code made BorderManager's proxy engine one of the fastest in existence.[1]

In 2003, Novell announced the successor product to NetWare: Open Enterprise Server (OES). First released in March 2005, OES completes the separation of the services traditionally associated with NetWare, i.e. file and print. This makes it possible for the customer to choose which NetWare or Linux kernel the services will run on.

At this time Novell all but announced the end of development for the NetWare kernel (numerous public and private statements that there is no 64-bit future for NetWare and that Linux is the path to 64-bit computing for OES).[2] To follow through on this migration path, Novell began porting all applications to Linux. The company began looking at alternate ways to deliver these same services, as firewall and VPN access point services of equivalent functionality are readily available in the free/open-source community and there are also basic proxy services as well (i.e. Squid). The desire to deliver a functional equivalent could not be done by a full software code port as much of the cache engine was sold as part of the Volera Excelerator and Novell holds a great desire to use or create open-source software for basic services such as this.

Novell entered an agreement with Astaro to relabel Astaro Security Gateway and license it as Novell Security Manager. The product was removed from the Novell price list on 15 February 2007.[3]

Future

[edit]

In the late summer of 2006 Novell announced, that there would be a BorderManager 3.9 release.[4]

At the Novell BrainShare conference in 2010, Novell announced "SuperLumin 4.0 Proxy Cache as path forward for BorderManager customers."[5] They also announced "extended BorderManager General Support for two years (through March 7, 2012)" to give customers "adequate time to make the move."

As of November 2011, the Novell Support Lifecycle page states that "Border Manager 3.9 General Support will be extended to September 30, 2013, to make it easy for customers to plan and execute their upgrade to Novell Open Enterprise Server. The upgrade path for Border Manager remains SuperLumin Nemesis."[6]

Third-Party Filtering Solutions

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Third-party filtering solutions are available for Novell BorderManager, from the following companies:

References

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  1. ^ "BorderManager FastCache". Novell. 1 November 1998. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
  2. ^ "Good-bye NetWare, hello OES 2". Novell. 19 March 2007.
  3. ^ Cool Solutions: Update on Novell BorderManager and Novell Security Manager by Astaro. Novell.com. Retrieved on 2014-05-23.
  4. ^ "Updated Novell BorderManager Coming Q1 2007". Archived from the original on 2007-02-02. Retrieved 2007-03-12.
  5. ^ [1] Archived June 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Novell Support | Support Lifecycle. Support.novell.com (1970-01-01). Retrieved on 2014-05-23.

Further reading

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