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Software controls remote access to systems from high-risk devices
Aventail Corp. last week announced that it has added endpoint control technology to its virtual private network (VPN) appliances in an effort to increase the security of remote connections to corporate systems from devices such as airport kiosks and handheld computers.
Seattle-based Aventail said the software can be down-loaded for free and installed on its rack-mountable EX-1500 hardware, which supports the SSL data encryption protocol. The new technology will also be built into remote access policy-enforcement tools sold by seven other vendors, according to Aventail officials.
The endpoint capabilities are designed to let network managers control access to corporate systems based on the computing devices being employed by end users and the security risks that they pose, said Jude O'Reilley, a senior...