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Security:
SSH Toolkit Enables Enhanced
Network Security
SSH Communications Security, a leading developer of Internet security
solutions, announced that it has demonstrated the SSH QuickSec Toolkit with
MontaVista Linux.
The SSH QuickSec Toolkit Family is specifically designed to let network
device
developers and OEMs quickly and easily implement IPSec (Internet Protocol
Security) functionality. Optimized and validated for use with MontaVista
Linux, the SSH QuickSec Toolkit provides industry-leading cost, performance
and time to market advantages for incorporating security, such as VPN (Virtual
Private Network) and firewall functionality, in IP communication devices.
MontaVista Linux is the industry-leading Linux operating system for
embedded
environments. It provides a common platform across a broad range of processor
architectures. MontaVista Linux Professional Edition features a modern OS and
kernel, with real-time functionality, multi-process and multi- threaded
execution, high performance networking, and extensive bundled software
components.
"With a growing number of embedded devices connecting to networks, security
becomes an increasingly important issue," said Raymond Mak, vice president,
Asia Pacific, MontaVista Software. "By working with SSH, we can jointly offer
our customers the ability to incorporate robust security in their products
without sacrificing cost competitiveness or lengthening time to market."
Demonstration tests were conducted using MontaVista Linux Professional
Edition
running on Intel Architecture (IA-32) platforms with Intel IXP425 XScale
processors on the front-end. MontaVista Linux supports both Intel processor
families -- as such, targeting the XScale-based Intel IXP425 platform with SSH
QuickSec Toolkit proved a straightforward cross-compiling exercise. The tests,
using the publicly available Netperf benchmark, showed the combined
MontaVista/SSH solution quickly approaching line-speed with moderate packet
size and conservative CPU utilization, and good throughput for encrypted
traffic. For more information about the benchmark and results, please contact
SSH.
"As broadband services such as DSL and cable access gain popularity, branch
offices and telecommuters are receiving the benefits of high-speed Internet
service like those in enterprise class networks," said JB Dumerc, Vice
President of sales, Asia Pacific, SSH Communications Security Corp. "The need
for security exists in any device that connects to a network. Network device
developers and OEMs can now embed IPSec into their devices quickly and easily,
resulting in faster time to market and reduced development costs."
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