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Blue Socket
| Bluesocket is the leader in open wireless security and management solutions that simplify the complexities of mobile enterprises. Bluesocket provides a comprehensive end-to-end product portfolio that enables leading universities, healthcare organizations, government institutions, libraries, and enterprises to deploy, secure, manage and profit from their wireless LANs. Bluesocket's products allow its customers to build secure, manageable, global WLAN deployments that support thousands of mobile workers simultaneously. |
 Bluesocket’s end-to-end wireless local area network (WLAN) solution set features the award-winning BlueSecure™ Controller, a scalable WLAN Controller that supports enterprise WLAN deployments from the network edge to the core. BlueSecure Controllers provide an open, multi-vendor solution that integrates easily into existing infrastructure; seamless Layer 3 roaming with Bluesocket’s patent-pending Secure Mobility® technology; flexible policy enforcement; universal WLAN authentication for diverse users/devices; strong data encryption; intrusion detection and worm protection, with integrated client scanning for endpoint security; and VoIP support via advanced QoS and bandwidth management features. |
Wireless local area networks are being deployed at a record pace as the need for mobile connectivity both within and outside the workplace increases. By equipping employees with mobile devices, leading-edge enterprises remove the barriers to networking and communication, increase productivity, and gain competitive advantage.
Even with the obvious cost savings and productivity gains, wireless LAN technology presents significant challenges for IT professionals. How do you support a growing number of wireless devices and competing standards, protect valuable computer resources from the growing threat of Internet viruses and worms, overcome bandwidth limitations, protect the network from unauthorized users, and integrate your WLAN into an existing wired infrastructure? The answer—Bluesocket’s BlueSecure Controller family. |
Flexible Role-Based Access Control and Policy Enforcement
Bluesocket’s unique role-based approach provides convenient management of privileges for different categories of users. BlueSecure Controllers match user permissions to your organizational structure. IT Administrators can define destinations (such as a finance server, router or IP address subnet), services (such as HTTP, FTP, POP3), user locations, time/date schedules, and available bandwidth to control which users have access to each resource. Multiple service and destination groups simplify policy creation and reduce the complexity and cost of administration of large-scale networks.
Universal WLAN Authentication
The BlueSecure Controller provides comprehensive authentication options utilizing username/password combinations or digital certificates, with the authentication database held locally or centrally in RADIUS, LDAP, NT Domain servers, or Windows Active Directories. Users can log into a Windows Domain and authenticate to the WLAN seamlessly with Bluesocket’s unique "Transparent Windows Domain Login.” Where AP-based WPA/802.11i authentication is required, Bluesocket complements the login process transparently, allowing appropriate access for the WLAN user. Where browser-based, secure (SSL) login is required (e.g. Hot Spots, Universities, Guests/Visitors), Bluesocket supports a customizable web-login page that allows end-user branding and an ability to upload third-party SSL certificates. Where "non-intelligent” devices need WLAN access, MAC-based authentication and role/VLAN assignment is supported, providing true wireless fire-walling capabilities.
Strong Data Encryption
With the BlueSecure Controller, you can bring the highest level of security directly to the user’s mobile device. All BlueSecure Controllers support IPSec, typically used in high-end VPN and firewall products. Microsoft’s native L2TP/IPSec client implementation is also supported, which allows for a single, non-proprietary access to WLAN and existing remote access VPN resources. Other options include using PPTP which is also built into both Windows and Macintosh platforms.
Intrusion Detection, Worm Protection and Clientless Scanning for Trusted Endpoint Security
Unlike signature-based tools or OS-specific scanners, the BlueSecure Controller 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. |
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