Testra offers intercontinental Ethernet services

Telstra International has extended its network services with intercontinental offerings aimed at enterprises needing a global reach, reports CRN Australia.

The Global Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) and Ethernet Virtual Private Line (EVPL) will enable multinational companies in Asia, Europe and the US to expand their international reach, and establish scalable connections with regional offices around the world, according to the firm.

The VPLS is designed to provide companies with a fully meshed wide area network connection covering multiple global sites, while the EVPL targets customers requiring point-to-point or point-to-multi-point connections.

Motorola has introduced a method of securing wireless networks with "active wireless security testing capable of evaluating every deployed wireless access point," states eWeek.

The company says the AirDefense Wireless Vulnerability Assessment solution "enables IT administrators to remotely find and secure vulnerabilities in their wireless network".

The solution also "automates regulatory compliance reporting, helping customers reduce operating expenses, streamline reporting and increase the resiliency of their wireless networks," Motorola said.

Cisco Systems' wireless local area network (WLAN) equipment used by many corporations around the world is at risk of being used in denial-of-service attacks and data theft, according to a company that offers protection for WLANs, says CNET News.

Researchers at AirMagnet, which makes intrusion-detection systems for WLANs, discovered the vulnerability, which affects all lightweight Cisco wireless access points, as well as the exploit that could be used against networks that have the Over-the-Air-Provisioning feature turned on.

"We found it in our labs," Wade Williamson, director of product management at AirMagnet said. "We don't know about it being exploited in the wild.