The industry's most extensive wireless security is now available in an OEM source code library.  Advantages include:

• Supports all major wireless network security standards for compatibility with almost any network
• Easily integrated with Silex hardware/software like NSS and SX-10WAG
• Silex OEM support services to ensure the success of your project

Why NSS?

Security is critical for networking applications, especially with wireless networks. Network Security Suite (NSS) provides an easy-to-use solution for OEMs to bring top quality products to market quickly, meet  the  need  for  security  and  interoperability. NSS  is  a  customizable  source  code  library  that  includes  802.1x authentication with the most commonly used EAP types  (TLS,  TTLS,  PEAP,  and  FAST),  Cisco  LEAP,  as  well  as  WPA  and  WPA2  encryption  modes  for  wireless  networks

Small Memory Footprint

Silex has more than 30 years of experience in developing  embedded  products.  NSS  was  coded  specifically  for  embedded  systems,  so  it  is  more  efficient  and  has  a  smaller  memory footprint than general-purpose security software. It is  also  modular,  so  users  only  need  to  include  the  specific component required for application in the run-time mode.

Designed for Portability

NSS  is  designed  to  be  readily  adaptable  to  any  hardware  platform and operating system. Its OS abstraction layer minimizes  operating  system  dependence  by  isolating  OS-specific  functions.  This  abstraction  layer  defines  a  set  of  OS  dependent  hooks  that  need  to  be  implemented  when  porting  the  library  onto  a  particular  platform.  NSS  provides  an  OS-independent  API  for  requesting  OS-related  functions  like  memory allocations.

NSS  also  provides  a  generic  API  to  isolate  it  from  specific network  interfaces  used  on  the  target  platform.  NSS  uses this  API  to  query  the  physical  network  drivers  as  to  the  ca-
pabilities  of  the  specific  networks  in  use,  to  set  the  network operating  mode,  and  to  perform  data  I/O  to  and  from  the network  interface.  NSS  supports  multiple  contexts,  so  it  can   
be  used  with  multiple  wired  and  wireless  network  interfaces on a single device.
 
Configuration Options

NSS  maintains an  internal  database  of  configuration  items  to   control  the  operation  of  the  security  options.    This  includes the current authentication and encryption mode to be used.  
NSS  provides  interfaces  to  fetch  and  set  the  required  configured  data  from  the  database,  which  can  be  used  by  the  application.    The  data  can  be  fetched  as  text  data  (console   
mode)  or  binary  data  (for  ease  of  use  with  SNMP  or  other management  utility).  NSS  contains  an  optional  self-signed  certificate  generation module,  which  can  be  used  to  generate  the  required  key  and  certificate  required  by  the  TLS  authentication  algorithm.

Porting and Support Services

Prospective OEMs can choose to do their own porting of NSS  or  contract  Silex  engineering  team  to  do  the  same.  Either  way,  silex  technical  support  team  will  ensure  a  trouble free  integration  of  NSS  with  the  OEM’s  product.

Family of Connectivity Solutions

NSS  software  is  the  latest  addition  to  the  silex  family  of  hardware connectivity products.  OEMs who do not have network connectivity  hardware  built  into  their  products  can  select from several external or internal hardware OEM solutions.    These  solutions  offer  the  same  security  features  and  capabilities  found  in  the  NSS,  while  providing  time  to  market advantage in the hardware domain.
 
Want More Information?

To  obtain  a  detailed  specification  or  to  get  other  information   regarding  the  silex  Network  Security  Suite,  please  contact  us   at 801-748-1199 or sales@silexamerica.com.