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Network Security for Device Servers

From Sena Technologies
 

 

Device servers deliver the appropriate network connection and physical interface for industrial device applications. Providing this function in a secure fashion is becoming a major concern for industrial IT managers as burgeoning numbers of industrial devices receive a real or proxy Ethernet connections. Security-related features have become one of the main factors in device server selection.


Products & Services
Serial servers are used to connect serial devices to a Local Area Network / Wide Area Network without additional hardware. Search by Specification | Learn more about Serial Servers
Wireless modems transmit modulated data using electromagnetic waves. Search by Specification | Learn more about Wireless Modems
Access points are transmitter / receivers (transceivers) that connect to a network through an interface such as a bus or connector. They receive, store, and transmit data between the wireless LAN and the wired structure. Search by Specification | Learn more about Access Points
Serial adapters provide one or more serial ports to a host computer. They interface with the host computer via a data bus and add RS232, RS422, RS485 and/or other types of serial ports. Search by Specification | Learn more about Serial Adapters
Network servers control and manage network resources such as files, printers, users, groups, etc. Search by Specification | Learn more about Network Servers

Product Announcements
Moxa Inc. - Wireless IEEE 802.11a/b/g device servers
NPort W2000 Plus device servers connect RS-232/422/485 devices to a network in hard-to-wire environments. Moxa's wireless device servers include an RJ45 Ethernet port which can be used as an Ethernet... (read more)
Moxa Inc. - Active GPRS I/O-4 AIs, 8 DIOs and 2 relay outputs
The ioLogik W5340 is Moxa's first Active Ethernet I/O that utilizes GPRS communication technology to accommodate the needs of wide coverage areas and hard-to-wire locations for remote monitoring and... (read more)
B&B Electronics Manufacturing Co. Inc. - VLinx Industrial Ethernet to Serial Server
B&B Electronics' Vlinx VESR Industrial Ethernet Serial Servers allow you to Ethernet enable and take control of your serial devices. If it has a Serial Port, it can be monitored and controlled... (read more)
Moxa Inc. - Industrial Automation - Serial Device Servers
NPort® IA device servers provide easy and reliable serial-to-Ethernet connectivity for industrial automation applications. The device servers can connect any serial device to an Ethernet network, and... (read more)
Moxa Inc. - 4-port RS-232/422/485 secure terminal server
The NPort 6450 is a 4-port device server that uses the SSL and SSH protocols to transmit encrypted serial data over Ethernet. Up to 4 serial devices of any type can be connected to the NPort 6450,... (read more)
Advantech Corporation, Industrial Automation Group - Class 1, Div 2 Cert Device Servers/Modbus Gateways
Advantech's EKI-1000 Device Servers and Modbus Gateways are now Class 1, Division 2 Certified... (read more)
Open Text Connectivity Solutions Group - High-Perfomance Security Server for Windows
Connectivity Secure Server offers organizations a secure replacement to Telnet and FTP. Based on the Secure Shell 2 protocol and equipped with the FIPS 140-2 validated Hummingbird Cryptographic... (read more)
 

Topics of Interest
IT Infrastructure Security Project Outline Audit and secure devices and media. Audit and secure network topology. Create secure boundaries using firewalls, DMZs and proxy servers. (Read More)
Introduction In Chapter 9, Implementing a Firewall with Ipchains and Iptables, you learned about packet filtering. However, packet filtering is only one way to create a network perimeter. Using... (Read More)
Summary Network Address Translation (NAT) changes a packet's layer 3 address as it passes through a NAT device. Other protocols like IPX could also be translated, but the vast majority of the... (Read More)
Introduction Microsoft has produced many products to aid in securing your network a notable security product is Proxy Server 2.0. Proxy Server 2.0 is not only designed to secure your network, but it... (Read More)
10.1 Introduction Enterprise Exchange 2003 users will typically use Outlook 2003 (or earlier versions) as their client of choice when inside the corporate environment and accessing their Exchange... (Read More)