Datatek Enhanced Security Guide - Manual (Page 3)

I P-CommKit En hanced Securit y G uide
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1 I N T R O D U C T I O N
This document describes the IP-CommKit
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Enhanced Security Feature, and is written as
a supplement to the IP-CommKit Installation and Administration Guide. If you are not
familiar with IP-CommKit, please read it first.
1.1 W HAT IS THE IP-C OMM K IT E NHANCED S ECURITY F EATURE ?
The IP-CommKit Enhanced Security Feature protects the communications between your
host computer and BNS-2000/BNS-2000 VCS endpoints from eavesdroppers in the IP
network. IP-CommKit allows you to connect a host computer to a BNS network through
an IP network. While the closed architecture of BNS networks make eavesdropping
exceptionally difficult, the open architecture of IP networks can expose your data to a
large group of unauthorized listeners. Using inexpensive, commercially available test
equipment, an eavesdropper with access to the IP network can easily observe the data
that the host and BNS endpoints exchange. The IP-CommKit Enhanced Security
Feature automatically encrypts the data that passes through the IP network, making it
useless to eavesdroppers.
The IP-CommKit Enhanced Security Feature is transparent to both the host application
and the BNS network endpoints. No changes to your host application or BNS node
configuration are required. Data leaving the host computer is encrypted by the IP-
CommKit software and decrypted when it enters the BNS network at the UTM module.
Similarly, data leaving the BNS network is encrypted by the UTM module and decrypted
when it reaches the host computer by the IP-CommKit software. The host application
and BNS endpoints are unaware of the process.
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IP-CommKit is a trademark of Lucent Technologies, Inc., licensed to Datatek Applications, Inc., a
company independent of Lucent Technologies, Inc.