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News Release from: RuggedCom | Subject: RuggedRouter RX1000
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 13 July 2005
Router secures industrial control
networks
The RuggedRouter RX1000 is an industrially hardened cyber security appliance with integrated router, firewall and VPN functionality.
New from RuggedCom, the RuggedRouter RX1000 is an industrially hardened cyber security appliance with integrated router, firewall and VPN functionality The RuggedRouter can be used to establish an electronic security perimeter around critical cyber assets found in control and automation systems, in order to prevent the disruption of operations by accidental or malicious acts
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 10 Dec 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The RuggedRated certification ensures that the RuggedRouter will provide the highest level of reliability and security for mission critical applications.
"With the proliferation of communication networks in many control and automation applications within critical infrastructure, the need to secure and protect these networks has become of paramount importance".
"Combine the RuggedRouter security features with the reliability, immunity, performance, and unsurpassed quality that are the hallmarks of all our RuggedCom products, and you have an industrial network security solution that is second to none", explains RuggedCom President and CEO Marzio Pozzuoli.
"The addition of the RuggedRouter to the RuggedCom family of products underscores our commitment in providing the most complete line of advanced network infrastructure devices for the most demanding application environments".
As a fully featured router, the RuggedRouter includes security functions such as full IPSec virtual private networking (VPN), VPN with 3DES and DES support, and Stateful Firewall with NAT that has the capacity to securely connect hundreds of other remote sites over frame relay and PPP.
Additional security features such as intrusion detection will be available in upcoming releases.
The RuggedRouter also has a modular architecture that allows customisation of the number and types of Ethernet and WAN ports.
This includes copper and fibre Ethernet options, and single, dual and quad T1/E1, DDS, and DSL configurations.
Integrated modem and GPS time synchronisation options are also available.
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