Product category: Embedded Software and Operating Systems
News Release from: Wind River Systems | Subject: WindNet 802.1X
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 13 May 2002
Standards-based security for wireless networks
Wind River has introduced the WindNet 802.1X network security solution
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WindNet 802.1X provides a port-based network access control framework that enables OEMs to develop and deploy products with an enhanced level of security. By leveraging the security features of WindNet 802.1x, customers can quickly and affordably build reliable and secure networked devices.
Network security is a major issue for both wired and wireless LANs.
The IEEE 802.1X security standard is a widely accepted solution for this problem, giving network operators knowledge of every network component and the ability to control which components have access to which services.
WindNet 802.1X allows network OEMs to meet the security requirements of their customers by leveraging the 802.1X protocol and giving them out-of-the-box interoperability.
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The IEEE 802.1X protocol uses the extensible authentication protocol (EAP) to pass messages to Radius authentication servers.
WindNet 802.1x support various flavours of EAP including fast EAP-TLS, LEAP, EAP-TTLS, and EAP-GSS.
The WindNet 802.1X EAP implementation is vendor neutral, as demonstrated at Networld Interop's iLabs, to work with EAP implementations from leading equipment vendors.
This is a key benefit for network OEMs that need to provide their customers with interoperabilty for a range of clients and authentication servers.
In addition, WindNet 802.1X enables current Wind River customers to easily upgrade network security for their access devices.
Since it is based on Wind River's device driver model, WindNet 802.1X can be integrated with both wired and wireless devices drivers for Wind River's VxWorks real-time operating system.
Customers already using the VxWorks RTOS can use WindNet 802.1X, WindNet RADIUS client, and WindNet 802.11b DDK to upgrade existing products with secure wireless LAN features without having to upgrade their hardware.
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