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Hardware Based Data Encryption & Compression
For commercial, banking and financial institutions wanting to link remote networks together, or for remote VPN connections, Allied Telesis MAC and PAC cards offer industry standard levels of high encryption. Classified information from security sensitive applications can be fully encrypted when using an Allied Telesis AR series router or Rapier Layer 3 switch fitted with an encryption/ compression
card. Using the latest cryptographic techniques before transmission across the LAN or WAN ensures the integrity and confidentiality of the data.
MAC and PAC cards can be fitted directly into AR series routers and Rapier Layer 3 switches to provide integrated, high performance, hardware-based compression and DES/3DES encryption on all validated PPP and Frame Relay links.
Dedicated 32-bit encryption and compression processors offer high speed, secure encryption
and compression without affecting the overall performance of the router or Layer 3 switch. In
combination, an extra level of security is added – encrypted data is even harder to crack if it is
first randomized by the compression process. In short, Allied Telesis’ MAC and PAC-based
encryption provides the safest data transmission between networks at the lowest connection cost.
High Speed VPN Encryption
Up to ten times faster than well known software algorithms, Allied Telesis' MAC and PAC-based
encryption is fast! Because the encryption is performed on a dedicated encryption coprocessor,
the router or Layer 3 switch can maintain maximum VPN speeds even when the CPU is under heavy demand from Stateful Inspection and IPsec rule processing. Up to 1,024 encryption
channels can be supported on the AT-AR400 and AT-AR700 series routers, and up to 2,048
on the Rapier Layer 3 switches.
Simplified Network Design
No longer are expensive dedicated link encryptors required for each local or wide area connection.
Simply install the MAC or PAC card into your ARseries router or Rapier Layer 3 switch, and all local
and wide area connections can be simultaneously encrypted using different cypher keys.
Key Management
Since all wide area traffic passes through a Layer 3 device, this is an ideal place to locate the
complex hardware required to provide secure data encryption. In addition, integrating the
complex key management procedures into AR-series router and Rapier management
systems reduces the cost of supporting an encrypted network.
