Bluesocket Continues Wi-Fi Market Leadership, Passes 600 Customer Mark, and Announces Version 4.0 Software for Enterprise Wireless LANs.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NetWorld+Interop 2004 Las Vegas Booth 2847 BURLINGTON, Mass. & LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 11, 2004 Version 4.0 adds features for security, scalability, policy enforcement, and management of data and voice traffic in enterprise-class WLANs Bluesocket Inc. (www.bluesocket.com), the leading vendor of open-systems wireless local area network (WLAN See wireless LAN. WLAN - wireless local area network ) systems to secure and manage wireless access to networks and the Internet, today announced Version 4.0 software -- the next generation of enterprise wireless LAN security One issue with corporate wireless networks in general, and WLANs in particular, involves the need for security. Many early access points could not discern whether or not a particular user had authorization to access the network. and management solutions. Bluesocket's new Version 4.0 functionality contains key features required by large enterprises to enable successful rollouts of Wi-Fi gear, such as new capabilities around IDS/worm protection, secure roaming for VoWLAN, load sharing across Wireless Gateways for enterprise scalability, and enhanced support for a Cisco WLAN infrastructure. Illustrating its leadership position, the company also announced it has sold its Wireless Gateway systems into more than 600 different end-user organizations in more than 40 countries. At the N+I tradeshow running this week, Bluesocket will showcase its line of award-winning Wireless Gateways including the WG-5000 Wireless Gateway, a core network system for airtight, HIPAA-compliant security and policy-based management for Wi-Fi networks that can support up to 1,000 simultaneous users and hundreds of Access Points from any vendor. Version 4.0's Enterprise-Focused Features Intrusion Detection and Worm Protection Unlike signature based tools or OS specific scanners, Bluesocket has implemented real-time monitoring of Wi-Fi users' data to detect malicious traffic based on the users' actual behavior without requiring any client-side software. This enables administrators to automatically block network access to hackers or worm infected users even for "zero-day" attacks well before traditional signature-based tools have updates available. Enhanced Support for Cisco WLANs and the new EAP-FAST See EAP. Protocol Bluesocket continues to expand its industry leading support for complementing Cisco AP based WLAN environments. With Version 4.0, Bluesocket is the first vendor to support the new EAP-FAST protocol for 802.1x and WPA WPA: see Work Projects Administration. WPA in full Works Progress Administration later (1939–43) Work Projects Administration U.S. work program for the unemployed. , published by Cisco as a proposed IETF See Internet Engineering Task Force. IETF - Internet Engineering Task Force Standard. Along with other EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol) A protocol that acts as a framework and transport for other authentication protocols. EAP uses its own start and end messages, but then carries any number of third-party messages between the client (supplicant) and access control methods such as LEAP, PEAP See EAP. , TTLS TTLS Tunneled Transport Layer Security TTLS Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (song) TTLS Transportable Transponder Landing System TTLS Trivial Transport Layer Security TTLS Tunneling Two-Level System , TLS (1) (Transport Layer Security) A security protocol from the IETF that is based on the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) 3.0 protocol developed by Netscape. TLS uses digital certificates to authenticate the user as well as authenticate the network (in a wireless and MD5, Bluesocket now provides the widest variety of authentication and security methods among all WLAN infrastructure vendors. Additionally, Bluesocket Wireless Gateways now provide deeper user to AP monitoring for Cisco APs and also has added support for Cisco Discovery Protocol The Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) is a proprietary layer 2 network protocol developed by Cisco Systems which runs on most Cisco and HP equipment and is used to share information about other directly connected Cisco equipment such as the operating system version and IP address. (CDP CDP (cytidine diphosphate): see cytosine. (1) (Certificate in Data Processing) An earlier award for the successful completion of an examination in hardware, software, systems analysis, programming, management and accounting, ), thus offering superior integration into existing Cisco-based networks. Secure Mobility (tm) Roaming with VoIP over WLAN Bluesocket was the first vendor to introduce Secure Mobility (tm) (secure Layer 3 wireless subnet roaming) and builds upon its innovation with this new software iteration. Version 4.0 introduces advanced stateful firewall support for VoWLAN devices, which removes the need to build a separate VoIP VLAN See virtual LAN. VLAN - Virtual Local Area Network and can prevent hackers gaining entrance to the network by hijacking open VoIP sessions. Bluesocket's fast roaming handoffs provide the low latency, jitter suppression and session persistence required for VoIP, while maintaining a secure environment. Said Mike Houston, Marketing Director at TeleSym, Inc. (software leader in voice over IP & Bluesocket partner): "Enterprises are clamoring for secure and reliable roaming on their voice networks. Working together, Bluesocket and TeleSym delivers robust, reliable voice services to laptops, PDAs and other mobile computers, with the security users expect." Load Sharing Across Wireless Gateways As enterprises move from initial WLAN pilot deployments to enterprise-wide WLANs, the number of users grows rapidly. Bluesocket supports higher numbers of simultaneous users on the same network using its new Load Sharing capabilities. This enables administrators to manage and scale WLAN performance by distributing user traffic across WGs in the network. HP OpenView Support Bluesocket has expanded its management functionality, required for large Wi-Fi deployments by incorporating Bluesocket management functions into HP OpenView. This allows NOC admins using HP OpenView to expand their traditional "wired view" into the wireless world. About Bluesocket Bluesocket, Inc. (www.bluesocket.com) is a leading manufacturer of systems to control and secure wireless local area networks (WLANs) for enterprises, institutions and public access venues in more than 45 countries worldwide. Thousands of Bluesocket Wireless Gateways are deployed by enterprises including the National Security Agency, Lehman Brothers, University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). , Parker Hannifin and others who required an elegant open-systems solutions to secure, manage, and profit from their WLANs. Secure Mobility is a trademark of Bluesocket, Inc. All other trademarks, trade names and company names referenced herein are used for identification only and are the property of their respective companies. |
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