Global Enterprise Edition of `Steel-Belted Radius' in UK. (Security Products).

Network Utilities have announced the launch in UK of Steel-Belted Radius/Global Enterprise Edition, a new edition of their RADIUS/AAA server which it is claimed meets the security management needs of global enterprises that are managing thousands of remote and wireless LAN (WLAN) users across multiple sites.

Steel-Belted Radius/Global Enterprise Edition (GEE) offers:

* Integrated management of remote and WLAN users, to simplify user management and security. Also centralised authentication of all remote and WLAN users against SQL/LDAP databases, token systems, OS systems, and a native database, and easily and supports any authentication scheme that an enterprise has implemented--whether centralised or distributed to satellite offices.

* Strong WLAN security, allowing an enterprise to easily roll out secure WLAN access across its network. Security is based on the IEEE security standard 802. 1x, and the WLAN security protocols FAP-TTLS and EAP-TLS, which fully protect credentials over the wireless link, to prevent cryptographic attack on password; distribute per-session 128-bit encryption keys, and re-key at specified intervals, to balancing and redundancy across authentication databases.

* Proxy RADIUS--Steel-Belted Radius/GEE offers flexibility in forwarding RADIUS requests to other RADIUS servers, including the ability to handle usernames of any format, proxy filtering that lets users selectively modify attributes as proxy packets flow to and from the server, and attribute translation capabilities to facilitate the handling of RADIUS requests from a variety of NAS clients.

* Scalability--The solution scales to accommodate any number of remote or WLAN users, interoperating with Funk Software's other RADIUS/AAA solutions to create a solution for enterprises of all sizes. www.netutils.com