July 11, 2005
TRAPEZE NETWORKS MAXIMIZES WIRELESS NETWORK AVAILABILITY AND ENSURES INTEGRITY OF CORPORATE DATA
New Features build on strength of Mobility System architecture
PLEASANTON, Calif. ? July 11, 2005 ? Trapeze Networks?, the award winning provider of the wireless LAN (WLAN) Mobility System?, today announced the incorporation of several new security features into its Mobility System SoftwareTM. . Enhancements to the existing platform enable IT to maximize availability of the wireless network by thwarting DoS attacks, and ensuring the performance of user data transiting the network by identifying and eliminating various kinds of intrusions. Additional features extend rogue detection capabilities and simplify management and treatment of different types of unauthorized access points.
"The rapid pace at which corporations have embraced WLAN technology has introduced new requirements for securing and managing corporate information while at the same time providing satisfactory service levels," said Bruce Van Nice, vice president of marketing, Trapeze Networks. "The underlying architectural strength of our Mobility System Software (MSS), specifically the Mobility Domain with its distributed database, lends itself beautifully to solving these kinds of problems in a scalable and reliable way."
Preventing RF Intrusions
Rogue APs are just one of several things that can compromise the security, performance and integrity of a company's enterprise network. Address spoofing and Man-in-the middle attacks represent two other techniques for compromising a network. Trapeze has enhanced its Mobility System Software to detect and suppress these kinds of attacks based on operator defined policies. Highlights of the new feature set include:
