(fig.1) How a Firewall Works *Should bandwidth maximization occur due to the unlikely event of a customer’s server being compromised, the customer will incur no overage charges. At Rackspace, we are committed to ensuring the security of your hosted solution. You store valuable and confidential information on our equipment, so we offer a number of services to guarantee that it stays secure. With highly qualified security engineers maintaining our network, outstanding Cisco firewalls, our Firewall Control Panel and Intrusion Detection Systems and our 1-Hour Hardware Replacement Guarantee, you are assured that Rackspace can provide you with the security that you need. No matter what level of security you require, a dedicated firewall is an important first step in securing your hosted environment. How It Works A dedicated firewall acts as a protective barrier to keep destructive forces away from your mission-critical data. A Rackspace Security Engineer assists you with making sure the rules you need applied to our network are safe ones while still accomplishing your business need of supplying public access to desired data. However, you establish and are the sole owner of the set of rules that defines unwanted traffic. Based on this set of rules, information that is sent to your server is inspected and then filtered (fig.1). NETWORK SECURITY - FIREWALLS Securing Your Network from Malicious Activity PUBLIC INTERNET MALICIOUS TRAFFIC FILTERED LEGITIMATE TRAFFIC ALLOWED FIREWALL SECURED ENVIRONMENT Additional Options In addition to filtering traffic, our dedicated firewalls allow for a more secured form of communication with the implementation of a Virtual Private Network (VPN). A VPN encrypts all information between designated hosts and your Rackspace environment. This is a useful tool for securely extending your network across mobile users, business partners and corporate networks worldwide. Why a Dedicated Firewall? Unlike shared firewall devices that leave the possibility of unauthorized access by any other customer sharing the same firewall, a dedicated firewall provides protection exclusively to your server, and ultimately, a greater level of security.* Additional options such as a VPN or a DMZ are not available with a shared firewall. Although a software firewall has its place, it does not offer the same level of security as a dedicated firewall. Because setting up a software firewall can be tedious and complicated, a high level of user error is common and can create issues such as server shut-down, user lockout and system vulnerability. These situations are avoidable with a Rackspace dedicated firewall. Take the First Step in Securing Your Hosted Environment Call a Rackspace sales representative today and ask for more details about our Cisco firewalls, and our other security offerings like Intrusion Detection Systems and DDoS prevention. PRESENT 1980 SOPHISTICATION OF HACKER TOOLS TECHNICAL SKILL NEEDED BY ATTACKER MORE LESS Password Cracking Back Doors Disabling Audits Session Hijacking Sweepers Sniffers Stealth Diagnostics Spoofing Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Password Guessing Exploiting Known Vulnerabilities Self Replicating Code More to Consider As the sophistication of hacker tools increase over time, the actual technical skill needed to perform malicious attacks decreases. Copyright © Rackspace Hosting, Inc. | All trademarks, service marks, images, products and brands remain the sole property of their respective holders. | MODIFIED DATE: 02282012 Toll Free: 1.800.961.2888 | International: 1.210.312.4700 | www.rackspace.com RACKSPACE ® HOSTING | 5000 WALZEM ROAD | SAN ANTONIO, TX 78218 U.S.A.

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(fig.1) How a Firewall Works

*Should bandwidth maximization occur due to the unlikely event of a customer’s server being compromised, the customer will incur no overage charges.

At Rackspace, we are committed to ensuring the security of your hosted solution. You store

valuable and confidential information on our equipment, so we offer a number of services to

guarantee that it stays secure. With highly qualified security engineers maintaining our network,

outstanding Cisco firewalls, our Firewall Control Panel and Intrusion Detection Systems and

our 1-Hour Hardware Replacement Guarantee, you are assured that Rackspace can provide

you with the security that you need.

No matter what level of security you require, a dedicated firewall isan important first step in securing your hosted environment.

How It Works

A dedicated firewall acts as a protective barrier to keep destructive forces away from your

mission-critical data. A Rackspace Security Engineer assists you with making sure the rules you

need applied to our network are safe ones while still accomplishing your business need of

supplying public access to desired data. However, you establish and are the sole owner of the set

of rules that defines unwanted traffic. Based on this set of rules, information that is sent to your

server is inspected and then filtered (fig.1).

NETWORK SECURITY - FIREWALLSSecuring Your Network from Malicious Activity

PUBLICINTERNET

MALICIOUSTRAFFIC FILTERED

LEGITIMATETRAFFIC ALLOWED

FIREWALL

SECUREDENVIRONMENT

Additional Options

In addition to filtering traffic, our dedicated firewalls allow for a more secured form of communication with the implementation of a Virtual Private

Network (VPN). A VPN encrypts all information between designated hosts and your Rackspace environment. This is a useful tool for securely

extending your network across mobile users, business partners and corporate networks worldwide.

Why a Dedicated Firewall?

Unlike shared firewall devices that leave the possibility of unauthorized access by any other customer sharing the same firewall, a dedicated firewall

provides protection exclusively to your server, and ultimately, a greater level of security.* Additional options such as a VPN or a DMZ are not

available with a shared firewall.

Although a software firewall has its place, it does not offer the same level of security as a dedicated firewall. Because setting up a software firewall

can be tedious and complicated, a high level of user error is common and can create issues such as server shut-down, user lockout and system

vulnerability. These situations are avoidable with a Rackspace dedicated firewall.

Take the First Step in Securing Your Hosted Environment

Call a Rackspace sales representative today and ask for more details about our Cisco firewalls, and our other security offerings like Intrusion

Detection Systems and DDoS prevention.

PRESENT1980

SOPHISTICATIONOF HACKER TOOLS

TECHNICAL SKILLNEEDED BY ATTACKER

LESS

PasswordCracking

Back Doors

DisablingAudits