Blue Ridge to release DOD-ready VPN appliance

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07/12/05
Today's focus: Blue Ridge to release DOD-ready VPN appliance

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Today's focus: Blue Ridge to release DOD-ready VPN appliance

By Tim Greene

Blue Ridge Networks, which sells VPN appliances as well as VPN
services, is adding to its product family to better serve
government agencies as well as smaller sites on any network.

By the end of the year the company plans to announce three new
BorderGuard appliances, the largest of which is the BorderGuard
6000. It is tailored for use by the Department of Defense, in
particular by supporting a VPN red list. That is a list of users
who are denied access even though they have valid digital
certificates to authenticate the VPN. This allows the DOD to
rapidly cut off users who have been terminated but whose digital
certificates have not yet expired, the company says. The same
capability could prove useful in corporate networks as well.

One of the strengths of Blue Ridge gear has been its support for
the company's own public key infrastructure. PKI and two-factor
authentication are hallmarks of its managed VPN service that is
based on the BorderGuard appliances. But with the new
BorderGuard 6000, the company is offering the option for
customers to buy the appliance stripped of its own PKI software,
allowing customers to use their existing PKI.

By year-end, the company says it will introduce two other
BorderGuard models designed for small offices. Both models are
physically small to better fit in offices where equipment-room
space is limited. Details on these appliances, including prices,
are due later this year.

Businesses looking for appliances that support both site-to-site
and remote access VPNs might want to consider Blue Ridge, which
does most of its business with the federal government.

Those looking for a VPN service should also keep the company in
mind. Blue Ridge guarantees having a VPN up and running within
five days of the network being designed. For current customers,
it guarantees installing an appliance at a new site within 24
hours and adding it to a VPN as long as the site has an Internet
connection with a static IP address.

And support for PKI - which can be a bear to set up and maintain
- is also an attraction.
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