ConSentry Networks chooses IDT NSEs for its LANShield Controller

Supported by the IDT NSE, the ConSentry LANShield Controller was a recent recipient of the Network – Interop Best in Show award and the 2006 TechWorld Award for the most Innovative Product of the Year.

The LANShield Controller is a LAN security system that gives enterprise IT systems complete control of the LAN, without compromising performance. It delivers Layer 2 – 7 deep packet inspection at 10 Gbps rates, enabling the device to sit inline and fully secure every port on an enterprise LAN. The IDT network search engine is fully-optimized for offloading compute-intensive Layer 2-4 tasks, such as access control list lookups used in implementing security in enterprise applications. This offloading of compute-intensive functions allows the LANShield controller to devote resources to qualifying the necessary user accesses while enabling businesses to protect their corporate assets, ensuring continuity of operations and dramatically reducing the risk of security breaches.

The IDT family of high-performance network search engines offers ConSentry a low-power, feature-rich packet header processing solution supporting up to 250 million searches per second. By delivering a pin- and software-compatible family from 2- to 18-Mbit densities, IDT enabled ConSentry to easily support multiple configurations of its LANShield Controller product. The IDT NSEs are complemented by a comprehensive software development kit including production-quality initialization, management, and search (IMS) control plane software. This allows customers, such as ConSentry, to lower development costs with a faster time to market and improved system performance.