Motorola Now Offers Advanced Encryption Standard on its Canopy(TM) Wireless Broadband Equipment
Thursday November 6, 9:04 am ET
128-bit AES is Comparable to Security on Wired Networks
SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Motorola has added the most advanced layer of encryption for its Canopy wireless broadband platform to further secure sensitive data from "hackers" and eavesdroppers who attempt to access or alter information.
Motorola is offering the option to United-States-based businesses to equip their Canopy system modules with the new Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), which is endorsed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. AES is a special 128-bit encryption -- more secure than filtering, Wired Equivalent Protocol (WEP), Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Triple Data Encryption Standard (3DES). A 128-bit key has more than 340,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (340 followed by 36 zeroes) possible keys. The added security layer on the Canopy wireless solution is equivalent with security encryption on today's wireline networks.
Businesses that conduct financial transactions, medical data transfers, remote surveillance, safety, security and homeland defense demand the highest levels of security to protect the private data sent over their wireless broadband networks.
"Motorola has taken a very proactive stance on the issues of security and offers a wide range of alternatives to its customers, from fully open systems to an authenticated/encrypted air links with dynamic session key assignments," said Gary Schulz, chief engineer for Motorola's Canopy system. "With the multiple layers of security, including authentication, proprietary communication protocol and DES or AES techniques, the Canopy system is a powerful security platform for transmission of information."
"The 128-bit AES is a major selling point for us, because we do a lot of business with the US military. The people as the base that I conduct business with are very interested in a wireless product that is encrypted with AES," said Steve Olson, operations manager for Last Mile Networks in Fall City, Wash.
In addition to the 128-bit AES, the Canopy system also provides multiple security layers including:
-- The Telecommunications Industry Association standard BRAID algorithm
-- A Motorola proprietary air interface protocol and proprietary Canopy
chip sets
-- A unique synchronization technique that provides higher security than
802.11 alternatives by requiring precise synchronization from all
modules on the network
-- A periodic and random number "challenge" that authenticates system
users and keeps out "rogue" modules
-- A subscriber module privacy system that blocks unauthorized users at
the access point
For more information on Canopy's advanced encryption system, please view the security white paper at http://motorola.canopywireless.com/support_library.php
About Motorola
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT - News) is a global leader in wireless, automotive and broadband communications. Sales in 2002 were $27.3 billion. Motorola is a global corporate citizen dedicated to ethical business practices and pioneering important innovations that make things smarter and life better, honored traditions that began when the company was founded 75 years ago this year. For more information, please visit www.motorola.com/canopy.
MOTOROLA and the stylized M Logo are registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners.
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Source: Motorola, Inc.
Thursday November 6, 9:04 am ET
128-bit AES is Comparable to Security on Wired Networks
SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Motorola has added the most advanced layer of encryption for its Canopy wireless broadband platform to further secure sensitive data from "hackers" and eavesdroppers who attempt to access or alter information.
Motorola is offering the option to United-States-based businesses to equip their Canopy system modules with the new Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), which is endorsed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. AES is a special 128-bit encryption -- more secure than filtering, Wired Equivalent Protocol (WEP), Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Triple Data Encryption Standard (3DES). A 128-bit key has more than 340,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (340 followed by 36 zeroes) possible keys. The added security layer on the Canopy wireless solution is equivalent with security encryption on today's wireline networks.
Businesses that conduct financial transactions, medical data transfers, remote surveillance, safety, security and homeland defense demand the highest levels of security to protect the private data sent over their wireless broadband networks.
"Motorola has taken a very proactive stance on the issues of security and offers a wide range of alternatives to its customers, from fully open systems to an authenticated/encrypted air links with dynamic session key assignments," said Gary Schulz, chief engineer for Motorola's Canopy system. "With the multiple layers of security, including authentication, proprietary communication protocol and DES or AES techniques, the Canopy system is a powerful security platform for transmission of information."
"The 128-bit AES is a major selling point for us, because we do a lot of business with the US military. The people as the base that I conduct business with are very interested in a wireless product that is encrypted with AES," said Steve Olson, operations manager for Last Mile Networks in Fall City, Wash.
In addition to the 128-bit AES, the Canopy system also provides multiple security layers including:
-- The Telecommunications Industry Association standard BRAID algorithm
-- A Motorola proprietary air interface protocol and proprietary Canopy
chip sets
-- A unique synchronization technique that provides higher security than
802.11 alternatives by requiring precise synchronization from all
modules on the network
-- A periodic and random number "challenge" that authenticates system
users and keeps out "rogue" modules
-- A subscriber module privacy system that blocks unauthorized users at
the access point
For more information on Canopy's advanced encryption system, please view the security white paper at http://motorola.canopywireless.com/support_library.php
About Motorola
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT - News) is a global leader in wireless, automotive and broadband communications. Sales in 2002 were $27.3 billion. Motorola is a global corporate citizen dedicated to ethical business practices and pioneering important innovations that make things smarter and life better, honored traditions that began when the company was founded 75 years ago this year. For more information, please visit www.motorola.com/canopy.
MOTOROLA and the stylized M Logo are registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners.
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Source: Motorola, Inc.
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