Legra Crypts WLAN Security

BURLINGTON, Mass. -- Legra Systems, innovators in wireless LAN (WLAN) switching solutions, announces general availability of the Legra product suite. Legra is the first company to develop a Parallel Priority Cryptography™ (PPC) chip, the CryptoFlex™, which enables customers to break through the WLAN security bottleneck by performing encryption/decryption on four traffic streams simultaneously. Built to stringent enterprise requirements, the Legra solution brings ease of use, priority-based security and high performance to wireless networks.

The Legra solution boasts many industry firsts in addition to the CryptoFlex™ chip including: the first wireless network processor, the first wireless switch application engine (TrueApp™) , the first extensible Linux-based wireless operating system (WOS™) and the first routable RemoteRadio™ protocol. Legra’s WLAN solution is the first to combine priority switching and priority cryptography in a single system. This powerful combination provides enterprise network managers with the performance and security to successfully extend enterprise applications to the wireless network.

“Legra’s third-generation WLAN solution has broken through several barriers simultaneously,” said Craig Mathias, a Principal with wireless advisory firm Farpoint Group. “High performance, flexible security, fault tolerance, appliance-based management, and extensibility combine in an architecture and product line that’s going to attract a lot of attention.”

“Enterprise IT departments are increasingly pressured to transition from wired to wireless technology. But with security threats on the rise, and unyielding reliability and performance requirements, we cannot possibly work with first generation solutions,” said Eric Josephson, Director of Network and System Operations at Groove Networks. “IT managers are looking for enterprise-class solutions that meet the most stringent security and application performance requirements. Legra’s new products are built to support our application requirements, while meeting our performance, security and management needs.”

Designed for the dynamic networking environment where security and data standards continue to evolve and new processing intensive applications are being introduced, the Legra Switch centralizes all security, control and management functions on its unique Linux-based Wireless OS (WOS™). The platform features a unique, software upgradeable encryption engine, the Legra CryptoFlex™. The CryptoFlex supports multiple security suites at one time on a per user basis. The patented Parallel Priority Cryptography™ technology enables the CryptoFlex™ chip to provide cryptographic Quality of Service for applications such as Voice over IP and real time video.

The system’s extensible architecture and unique WOS™ simplifies software upgrades and provides support for evolving applications and new smart radio technology. Legra’s Wireless LAN Switch, the LS2012, incorporates the TrueApp Engine™, a dedicated application processor and embedded hard disk that gives IT managers a foundation on which to deliver new features and services like intrusion detection, location-based security or billing.

This combination of centralized management and security, blended with its robust processing power and a future-proof extensible architecture provides enterprise IT staff with the performance, flexibility and manageability required to easily and securely extend their wired network to the wireless domain.

The Legra product suite includes:

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