Wave Issue 0311 4/18/03 Article 2-01

***Newbury Networks Announces Location-Based WLAN Monitoring and
Security Solution
(April 15)

Newbury Networks Inc., a supplier of 802.11-based Location-
Enabled Network solutions (LENs), today announced the WiFi
Watchdog Standard Edition packaged software solution for securing
enterprise networks, both wired and wireless, against wireless
intruders. Newbury's products provide capabilities for managing
WLANs by location. Its server-based approach enables content and
network provisioning, tracking, monitoring, logging and analysis.

WiFi Watchdog Standard Edition includes documentation and
Newbury's LocalePoints -- WiFi monitoring devices (access points)
for passively detecting all 802.11b traffic regardless of
manufacturer or channel. For larger enterprise deployments,
Newbury offers its traditional WiFi Watchdog specialized
application.

WiFi Watchdog Standard Edition is a non-intrusive, server-based
application that works with any standard wireless LAN (WLAN)
implementation to detect the location of all 802.11b traffic
within range of the network, identifying authorized or
unauthorized devices and rogue access points, and then alerting
IT personnel of these potential intruder actions. It also
integrates with Newbury Networks' LocaleServer platform and
LocalePoint appliances for deployment planning.

WiFi Watchdog Standard Edition is intended to address possible
network security breaches in today's enterprise settings:

-- Rogue Access Points -- off-the-shelf access points connected
to an open port on the wired network.
-- Ad-Hoc Mode -- while ad hoc mode on a laptop is useful for
spontaneously creating a WLAN in a peer-to-peer environment, it
can open a gateway to data on a user's laptop and the network to
which the laptop is connected.
-- Connection Hijacking -- a hijacker can connect an access point
to his laptop with DHCP (Dynamic Host Control Protocol) bridging
but with no WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) turned on.
-- Man-In-The-Middle Attacks -- Intruders can force an authorized
user's 802.11 signal to re-associate with a rogue access point
and expose sensitive user names, passwords and even network data.
-- Neighborhood Nuisance -- when a laptop is connected to a wired
network but the wireless card on that laptop also automatically
connects to an access point from a neighboring business, an
intruder could bridge a connection between the laptop and the
adjacent network through system utilities in some operating
systems.

WiFi Watchdog Standard Edition's key features include the
following:

-- Live Monitoring -- WiFi Watchdog Standard Edition is equipped
with real time monitoring so network administrators can visualize
user or device traffic. This provides security capabilities by
first pinpointing users' physical locations to facilitate
granting or denying access based on their profiles.
-- Intrusion Detection System -- Whenever a device or user is
identified in a WLAN environment, the solution immediately
determines if it's an unknown. If an intruder is flagged, it
triggers an alert containing the location, device information and
user profile to the network or system administrator.
-- Rogue Access Point and Ad Hoc Mode Detection -- Using
identification patterns similar to the Intrusion Detection
System, WiFi Watchdog Standard Edition helps IT professionals
locate rogue access points, or systems in ad hoc mode.
-- Path and Pattern Reporting -- WiFi Watchdog Standard Edition
includes reporting and analysis tools to identify patterns, and
highlight unsecured areas, strangers or undesirable guests, all
by location.

WiFi Watchdog Standard Edition is available immediately and is
priced at $9,995. The package includes a WiFi Watchdog User's
Guide, 4 LocalePoints and the WiFi Watchdog Standard Edition
software.

www.newburynetworks.com