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- UUNET Lan Guardian (TM)
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- Secure Connectivity over Public Internets
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- Introducing the Lan Guardian
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- The UUNET Lan Guardian is the first in a family of network
- security products from UUNET Technologies, Inc., of
- Falls Church, VA. The Lan Guardian is a hardware security
- solution designed for companies that wish to benefit from
- the cost savings of using Commercial Internet Service
- providers (such as UUNET's AlterNet IP service) but are
- concerned about the security of their confidential data
- once it leaves their facility.
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- What does it do?
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- The Lan Guardian addresses those concerns by "splicing"
- into the connection between the company's Ethernet and
- external router and encrypting all data sent between company
- networks, while also (optionally) allowing connections to
- non-company facilities to continue without encryption.
- Operation of the Lan Guardian is totally transparent to
- network users and is simple for network administrators to
- manage. Full configuration support is provided.
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- The Lan Guardian selectively encrypts or decrypts each packet
- based on the information in the packet header. Only the data
- portion of the packet is encrypted, thereby allowing the packet
- to be transmitted with normal routers. The Lan Guardian may
- also be configured to block selected or all external traffic
- as well as to use a different key for each network.
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- By using fast processors and hardware encryption chips, the
- Lan Guardian can encrypt/decrypt while only adding less than
- a millisecond of delay. It is imperceptible to the network's
- users, while providing peace of mind to the network's managers.
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- Using the Lan Guardian eliminates the concern that all users
- are running the appropriate application packages and using
- the appropriate level of security when sending sensitive
- company data outside the company facilities. The Lan Guardian
- ensures that company proprietary data sent to remote offices
- is never in the clear. This allows companies to exchange
- sensitive financial data or business plans with their remote
- offices via a Commercial Internet Service provider without fear
- that the data will be compromised.
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- How does it work?
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- Functionally, the Lan Guardian is a 50 MHz Motorola 68040,
- with Dual Intel 82596CA Ethernet Processors, a CEI 99C003 Super Crypt
- High Speed Encryption Chip and 4 - 32 Megabytes of Main Memory.
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- Keys are exchanged out of band via either a serial port or a
- floppy disk. Support for Public Key based key distribution is
- being added.
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- What's next?
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- Optional "firewall" and other functionality will be available
- later this year. Additional models including T-1 speed serial
- interfaces will be available soon.
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- How can I get a Lan Guardian?
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- Existing AlterNet customers may purchase the Lan Guardian now
- for US$6,000 or optionally lease for $500/month. The Lan Guardian
- carries a one year hardware and software warranty.
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- UUNET Technologies, Inc.
- 3110 Fairview Park Drive, Suite 570
- Falls Church, Virginia 22042 USA
- +1 800 4UUNET3 (voice)
- +1 703 204 8000 (voice)
- +1 703 204 8001 (fax)
- alternet-info@uunet.uu.net
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- 930310
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