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Verizon Beefs Up Its IT OperationVerizon Beefs Up Its IT OperationVerizon Beefs Up Its IT Operation 09/02/2004 02:06 PM TechWeb Sep 2 2004 5:28PM GMT This is a GrokNews Entry: (what is grok?)Verizon Beefs Up Its IT OperationGrok Headline matches for Verizon Beefs Up Its IT OperationProxim Beefs Up APsProxim Beefs Up APs 12/08/2003 04:46 PM Proxim introduced today upgrades to its enterprise-grade Orinoco AP-2000 access point: Most of the new features are geared toward making it easier for network administrators to manage their wireless networks. Because the AP includes two slots for multiple radios, customers can now dedicate one radio for repeating traffic. For example, one slot can be used for an 802.11b radio that may serve customers on one end of a hotel floor. The second slot can contain an 802.11g radio, which offers a wired Ethernet link across the floor to another AP at the other end. "It's like a wired Ethernet link across the building, but you don't have to do an Ethernet drop," said Ben Gibson, director of marketing for Proxim. Because the repeating function uses a second radio, the traffic doesn't impact the bandwidth available to end users. Gibson expects the capability to appeal to managers of wharehouses or other large, open spaces where stringing Ethernet wires may prove difficult. "Essentially you're extending the cells to make a hot zone, rather than a hot spot," he said.... Colubris Beefs up SecurityColubris Beefs up Security 10/29/2003 01:39 PM Colubris made a deal with RSA Security: Colubris makes fat APs that can terminate a VPN at the AP. Now the AP will also include RSA Security's authentication and certificate management software. That means companies already using RSA's security solution can continue to use it over their WLAN.... Linux beefs up standardsLinux beefs up standards 01/22/2004 04:50 AM MCI beefs up Ethernet offeringMCI beefs up Ethernet offering 07/20/2004 05:44 PM ZDNet Jul 20 2004 10:24PM GMT Sun beefs up Sun Fire V1280Sun beefs up Sun Fire V1280 12/12/2003 10:26 AM Personal Computer World Dec 12 2003 9:16AM ET Fidelia Beefs Up SoftwareFidelia Beefs Up Software 03/28/2005 12:44 PM Extends business container technology with NetVigil 3.6. Yahoo beefs up e-mail to 100 MBYahoo beefs up e-mail to 100 MB 06/15/2004 02:57 PM San Jose Mercury News Jun 15 2004 6:07PM GMT AT&T beefs up cybersecurity toolsAT&T beefs up cybersecurity tools 06/01/2004 03:15 PM AirMagnet Beefs Up MonitoringAirMagnet Beefs Up Monitoring 03/08/2004 11:15 PM AirMagnet is introducing a new version of its distributed WLAN monitoring platform: The updated platform includes a completely new user interface, new rogue detection blocking and tracing, and policy management features. AirMagnet customers place sensors throughout their WLAN network which sniff the air for unauthorized APs. From a central console, network administrators can view every AP in the network, including those in remote offices that may be around the globe. In the previous version of the product, the sensors could only identify rogue APs when their MAC address wasn't authorized. Now, the sensors can identify rogues based on manufacturer, MAC address, and SSID. If a rogue AP is found, it can be remotely disabled essentially by jamming it. "But that doesn't pull its socket out of the wall which is what you want to do," said Rich Mironov, vice president of marketing for AirMagnet. Administrators can set how they'd like to be notified if a rogue is detected, including via a pager, and then they can go to the location of the rogue and physically disconnect it. Users can also identify APs that might be in range of a sensor as a neighbor AP. The feature would be useful for companies located in office buildings where a nearby company may also have a WLAN with signals that bleed into the next door office. Once an AP is set as a neighbor's, the AirMagnet sensors won't send alarms based on its settings. The sensors also flag APs that use the manufacturer's default password. Using the manufacturer's password is a security vulnerability because anyone could find out what that password is and use it. The AirMagnet sensors can also be set to monitor security policies, which may differ from AP to AP. Any time those security policies are breached, the sensors alert the administrator. Mironov stresses that the platform doesn't just identify issues. "It's a network overlay to diagnose problems and tell users what to do," he said. For example, when the sensors find an AP using the manufacturer's password, the software describes to the administrator why that's a problem and recommends that the administrator change the password. AirMagnet's platform is often criticized by the new WLAN switch vendors because AirMagnet requires customers to deploy a separate network of sensors to monitor the air. "I agree in principle that the monitoring should be built in," said Mironov. Ultimately, he hopes that an... 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