Alcatel Announces OmniAccess 500 Series With VPN for Branch Office Security; Alcatel CrystalSec Enterprise Security Framework Extends to the Branch.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CALABASAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 2002 Alcatel today announced the addition of VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. (Virtual Private Network) capabilities to its OmniAccess 500 series branch office solution as part of Alcatel's CrystalSec enterprise security initiative that provides the security framework for all Omni voice and data products. This new VPN capability ensures that sensitive enterprise information is not compromised when voice and data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. are extended to the branch office. The addition of Alcatel's award-winning VPN technology to OmniAccess branch solutions allows mobile users to access enterprise resources using low-cost Internet connections without compromising security. The OmniAccess 500 series saves costs in monthly service fees and operational expenses by using a common network infrastructure for all voice and data applications, eliminating the need for several dedicated network facilities to support the branch office. The Alcatel OmniAccess 500 series combines in a single appliance all key IP communications functions for LAN switching, WAN routing, VoIP (Voice over IP), firewall, and VPN security, offering multi-service access to the enterprise backbone. "Offering secure voice and data applications to the branch office is one of the highest priorities of the network manager today," said Joelle Gauthier, Alcatel vice president of network infrastructure marketing. "By adding VPN capability to a strong feature set that includes web-based applications, IP telephony, and traditional circuit switched voice, the Alcatel OmniAccess 500 series increases the choices a network manager has for connecting the branch network." The OmniAccess 500 series supports up to 100 IPSec tunnels for any combination of client sessions and VLANs (Virtual LANs). With throughput of up to 2 Mbps, the Alcatel OmniAccess 500 series is perfect for serving branch offices using WAN links up to E1 speeds. A unique capability of the OmniAccess 500 series is the ability to maintain IP QoS (Quality of Service) tags on encrypted traffic, which ensures that branch office traffic is properly prioritized from end to end as it traverses the network. The Alcatel OmniAccess 500 series interoperates with most security appliances at the central location, including the Alcatel OmniAccess 200 series, which is designed to address IPSec communications to remote sites and mobile users via the VPN Client software application. The OmniAccess 500 series VPN feature uses a hardware assist chip, which off-loads the VPN and data compression, assuring maximum utilization of WAN (Wide Area Network) resources. As part of its security, the Alcatel OmniAccess 500 series supports NAT (Network Address Translation) An IETF standard that allows an organization to present itself to the Internet with far fewer IP addresses than there are nodes on its internal network. (Network Address Translation) and Authenticated VLANs. The Alcatel OmniAccess 500 series VPN implementation supports IPSec, Diffie-Hellman key exchange Diffie-Hellman (D-H) key exchange is a cryptographic protocol that allows two parties that have no prior knowledge of each other to jointly establish a shared secret key over an insecure communications channel. , MD5 and SHA-1 hashing functions, DSA (1) (Directory Server Agent) An X.500 program that looks up the address of a recipient in a Directory Information Base (DIB), also known as white pages. It accepts requests from the Directory User Agent (DUA) counterpart in the workstation. and RSA (1) (Rural Service Area) See MSA. (2) (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman) A highly secure cryptography method by RSA Security, Inc., Bedford, MA (www.rsa.com), a division of EMC Corporation since 2006. It uses a two-part key. digital signatures, DES, 3DES and AEA AEA Atomic Energy Authority AEA n abbr (BRIT) (= Atomic Energy Authority) → consejo de energía nuclear; (BRIT) (SCOL) (= Advanced Extension Award) → encryption algorithms, as well as standards-based authentication systems, including shared secret, RADIUS, LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) A protocol used to access a directory listing. LDAP support is implemented in Web browsers and e-mail programs, which can query an LDAP-compliant directory. , X.509 PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) A framework for creating a secure method for exchanging information based on public key cryptography. The foundation of a PKI is the certificate authority (CA), which issues digital certificates that authenticate the identity of (Public Key Infrastructure) certificates and smart cards. Pricing and Availability The OmniAccess 500 series with VPN will be available worldwide June 2002. Pricing for the Alcatel OmniAccess 500 series starts at $2,995, pricing with VPN option starts at $4,285. About Alcatel Alcatel (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ALA) designs, develops and builds innovative and competitive communications networks, enabling carriers, service providers and enterprises to deliver any type of content, such as voice, data and multimedia, to any type of consumer, anywhere in the world. With sales of $22 billion in 2001 and 99,000 employees, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries. In 2001, the United States was the largest single market served by Alcatel. For more information, visit Alcatel on the Internet: http://www.alcatel.com. |
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