<s>
BorderManager	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
multi	O
purpose	O
network	O
security	O
application	O
developed	O
by	O
Novell	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
BorderManager	B-Protocol
is	O
designed	O
as	O
a	O
proxy	B-Application
server	I-Application
,	O
firewall	B-Application
,	O
and	O
VPN	B-Application
access	I-Application
point	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Novell	O
has	O
announced	O
that	O
migration	O
to	O
SuperLumin	O
4.0	O
Proxy	O
Cache	O
is	O
"	O
Novell	O
's	O
preferred	O
firewall	B-Application
and	O
proxy	O
solution	O
for	O
NetWare	B-Operating_System
customers	O
upgrading	O
to	O
Novell	B-Application
Open	I-Application
Enterprise	I-Application
Server	I-Application
on	O
Linux.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
BorderManager	B-Protocol
was	O
designed	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
NetWare	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
and	O
takes	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
fast	O
file	O
services	O
that	O
the	O
NetWare	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
delivers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aside	O
from	O
the	O
more	O
easily	O
copied	O
firewall	B-Application
and	O
VPN	B-Application
access	I-Application
point	I-Application
services	O
,	O
Novell	O
designed	O
the	O
proxy	O
services	O
to	O
retrieve	O
web	O
data	O
with	O
a	O
server	O
to	O
server	O
connection	O
rather	O
than	O
a	O
client	O
to	O
server	O
connection	O
as	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
prior	O
proxy	B-Application
servers	I-Application
on	O
the	O
market	O
had	O
done	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
retrieval	O
method	O
along	O
with	O
NetWare	B-Operating_System
's	O
fast	O
file	B-General_Concept
IO	I-General_Concept
and	O
other	O
proprietary	B-Application
code	O
made	O
BorderManager	B-Protocol
's	O
proxy	O
engine	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
fastest	O
in	O
existence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2003	O
,	O
Novell	O
announced	O
the	O
successor	O
product	O
to	O
NetWare	B-Operating_System
:	O
Open	B-Application
Enterprise	I-Application
Server	I-Application
(	O
OES	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
released	O
in	O
March	O
2005	O
,	O
OES	B-Application
completes	O
the	O
separation	O
of	O
the	O
services	O
traditionally	O
associated	O
with	O
NetWare	B-Operating_System
,	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
makes	O
it	O
possible	O
for	O
the	O
customer	O
to	O
choose	O
which	O
NetWare	B-Operating_System
or	O
Linux	B-Application
kernel	O
the	O
services	O
will	O
run	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
this	O
time	O
Novell	O
all	O
but	O
announced	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
development	O
for	O
the	O
NetWare	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
(	O
numerous	O
public	O
and	O
private	O
statements	O
that	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
64-bit	B-Device
future	O
for	O
NetWare	B-Operating_System
and	O
that	O
Linux	B-Application
is	O
the	O
path	O
to	O
64-bit	B-Device
computing	I-Device
for	O
OES	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
follow	O
through	O
on	O
this	O
migration	O
path	O
,	O
Novell	O
began	O
porting	O
all	O
applications	O
to	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
began	O
looking	O
at	O
alternate	O
ways	O
to	O
deliver	O
these	O
same	O
services	O
,	O
as	O
firewall	B-Application
and	O
VPN	B-Application
access	I-Application
point	I-Application
services	O
of	O
equivalent	O
functionality	O
are	O
readily	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
free/open	O
-source	O
community	O
and	O
there	O
are	O
also	O
basic	O
proxy	O
services	O
as	O
well	O
(	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
Squid	B-Protocol
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
desire	O
to	O
deliver	O
a	O
functional	O
equivalent	O
could	O
not	O
be	O
done	O
by	O
a	O
full	O
software	O
code	O
port	O
as	O
much	O
of	O
the	O
cache	O
engine	O
was	O
sold	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Volera	O
Excelerator	O
and	O
Novell	O
holds	O
a	O
great	O
desire	O
to	O
use	O
or	O
create	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
for	O
basic	O
services	O
such	O
as	O
this	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
late	O
summer	O
of	O
2006	O
Novell	O
announced	O
,	O
that	O
there	O
would	O
be	O
a	O
BorderManager	B-Protocol
3.9	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
Novell	O
BrainShare	O
conference	O
in	O
2010	O
,	O
Novell	O
announced	O
"	O
SuperLumin	O
4.0	O
Proxy	O
Cache	O
as	O
path	O
forward	O
for	O
BorderManager	B-Protocol
customers.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
announced	O
"	O
extended	O
BorderManager	B-Protocol
General	O
Support	O
for	O
two	O
years	O
(	O
through	O
March	O
7	O
,	O
2012	O
)	O
"	O
to	O
give	O
customers	O
"	O
adequate	O
time	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
move.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
November	O
2011	O
,	O
the	O
Novell	O
Support	O
Lifecycle	O
page	O
states	O
that	O
"	O
Border	O
Manager	O
3.9	O
General	O
Support	O
will	O
be	O
extended	O
to	O
September	O
30	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
easy	O
for	O
customers	O
to	O
plan	O
and	O
execute	O
their	O
upgrade	O
to	O
Novell	B-Application
Open	I-Application
Enterprise	I-Application
Server	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Third-party	O
filtering	O
solutions	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
Novell	B-Protocol
BorderManager	I-Protocol
,	O
from	O
the	O
following	O
companies	O
:	O
</s>
