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NetPoint Authentication Plug-in for Check Point

Product Version Certified: 4.6 for Windows NT
Certified for use with: Check Point Next Generation and Check Point 2000

Product Description: NetPoint is a unified solution, integrating identity management with web access management for e-business networks. NetPoint manages all e-business network user information and authorizes user access to the network's business applications and content. The NetPoint Authentication Plug-In for Check Point provides an authentication and authorization mechanism to protect resources being accessed by users defined in an LDAP directory. The Plug-In provides users logging into the NetPoint product on a protected subnet with a single-sign-on scenario, so that they need only authenticate once, at the FireWall-1 gateway.


Key Features and Benefits OPSEC Integration

Company Description: Oracle. is a leading developer of e-business infrastructure software that securely connects the right people to the right resources on e-business networks. The company's flagship product, Oracle NetPoint, is a Web access management solution that provides single sign-on and access control capabilities in addition to a rich set of identity management functionality.

Key Features and Benefits

Through the integration of NetPoint and FireWall-1, enterprise level customers gain the benefits of a secure single sign on environment coupled with the strong authentication features from a FireWall-1 protected environment, producing a trusted, secure authorization and authentication solution.

Oracle NetPoint can be configured to direct all authentication requests to enter through the Check Point FireWall-1 security policy enforcement and identity management features. NetPoint also has the ability to automate the process of making changes to user management and access privileges to ensure that information is always up to date. This integration ensures that the right people have access to the right level of information, even in dynamically changing environments.

Trusted single sign-on with unified corporate-wide privilege management
Robust integrated identity management
Ease of management
Low cost of ownership

OPSEC Integration

Oracle NetPoint leverages Check Point's UserAuthority API to enable secure single sign-on and centralized access to both network resources and enterprise applications. The Oracle NetPoint Authentication Plug-in for Check Point VPN-1/FireWall-1 provides an authentication and authorization mechanism in order to protect resources being accessed by users defined in an LDAP directory. Customers authenticate once at the Check Point VPN-1/FireWall-1 Gateway and receive seamless access to all business applications within the customer environment. Together, Oracle NetPoint and Check Point FireWall-1 provide a securely integrated authentication and authorization framework for network and application access.