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News Release from: Green Hills Software | Subject: Platform for Secure Networking
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 29 January 2007
Platform secures network device
development
Platform delivers industry advancements in secure communications and access that allow networking equipment developers to secure their devices and the information flowing through them.
Based on the safety- and security-certified Integrity real-time operating system and its IPv4/v6 networking stack, the Green Hills Platform for Secure Networking delivers industry advancements in secure communications and access that allow networking equipment developers to completely secure their devices and the information flowing through them Security holes in network equipment are a larger threat to system down time than software bugs; therefore, designing security into a network device from the onset will provide total reliability, absolute security and maximum availability
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 31 May 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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"The US Government and industry is experiencing a massive and rapidly evolving shift in the near future - from hundreds of different proprietary or specialised communications formats to IP-based networks", said Alex Lightman, CEO of Innofone.com.
"Whether you call it net centric warfare for the military or enterprise centric operations for commercial purposes, it means an explosion in the number of total nodes - including billions of appliances, sensors and products that will be constantly online, many of them by wireless".
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"Because two-dimensional firewalls were never intended for such 3D networks, it will be essential to employ new generations of hardened security products from a high-end company such as Green Hills to protect these extensive networks against cyber attacks, from both internal and external sources".
In the near future, most devices you touch will be networked in some fashion.
With the advent of IPv6 and the expansion of available IP addresses, even automobiles will be talking with each other over a mobile network.
The advancement of security and reliability of network communication is a requirement in bringing an acceptable comfort level to our transactions involving critical information.
Despite running secure communications protocols, such as IPSec, SSL and SSH, the device is still suspect to attacks and compromises, if these applications themselves are not running in a protected, controlled way.
The Integrity RTOS, with its separation kernel technology, is the foundation of the Platform for Secure Networking and is key to providing the secure execution of applications required on network devices today and in the future.
Integrity provides the network equipment developers the ability and freedom to architect their device with absolute security.
It supports the requirements and security policies of multiple independent levels of security (MILS), which is the architecture for composing secure computing systems from high-assurance components.
The key concepts of MILS include: protected execution of applications, system services and hardware control/access, brick wall partitioning, guaranteed resource allocation, information flow control between partitions, stack and application isolation, and containment of errors and attacks.
The Green Hills Platform for Secure Networking includes a royalty-free licence for the following technologies: Integrity separation kernel; advanced file system; GHNet dual mode IPv4/IPv6 networking stack IPSec; IKE; secure web server including SSL/TLS client and server; secure shell client and server (SSH); Radius client; and SNMP v1/2c/3.
Optional products for this platform include: partitioning journaling file system (PJFS); and WPA/WPA2 with Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) and Cisco compatible extensions.
No matter what type of networked device you are designing, the Green Hills Platform for Secure Networking delivers industry proven solutions that allow designers to develop and deploy secure, reliable network devices in the least amount of time and at the lowest cost.
Green Hills Platform for Secure Networking is available today. Request a free brochure from Green Hills Software ...
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