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THE
SITUATION
Global travel reservations services want
to save on the cost of upgrading their networks while
at the same time maximizing security and convenience.
With tens of thousands of travel agencies and airline
sales offices often serviced by a single network, monthly
recurring Frame Relay transport fees have become a major
concern. In addition, many travel reservation service
clients who spend time away from their offices need to
be able to remotely access the reservation networks. Moving
from a Frame Relay architecture to an IPSec Virtual Private
Network (VPN) appears to be a solution that produces the
desired cost savings while maintaining the required network
security and providing remote access. |
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CHALLENGE |
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The
cost to purchase, install, and maintain
customer premises equipment (CPE) at
thousands of remote end-user sites during
a migration from Frame Relay to IP needs
to be minimized. |
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The
logistics of coordinating hardware interoperability
for thousands of remote end-user sites
during a migration from Frame Relay
to IP needs to be manageable, not overwhelming. |
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The
VPN solution selected for the upgrade
must support the Airline Link Control
(ALC) protocol upon which the current
reservation systems are based. |
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VPN solution must allow for a growing
number of remote users to connect to
the reservation network without driving
the per user costs up, particularly
through licensing fees. |
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To
keep network migration seamless and
simple, the corporate IP numbering scheme
needs to be retained, even if the addressing
plan assigned by the local Internet
Service Provider (ISP) differs. |
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THE SOLUTION
Encore’s BANDIT™ IP+Legacy
VPN router meets or exceeds all of the requirements
for modernizing travel reservation networks. |
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The BANDIT™ is
a low-cost solution for migrating networks
that service thousands of remote user sites
to IP-based VPN. Additionally, there are
no extra licensing fees associated with
the number of tunnels used. |
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Because the
BANDIT™ can easily achieve interoperability
with other equipment located at travel reservation
host sites, the complexity and cost of network
upgrades can be kept to a minimum. |
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The BANDIT™ supports
a wide variety of legacy protocols,
including ALC, SDLC, X.25, MATIP, async,
and polled async. |
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Encore’s
value-added Private Address Translation
(Prat)
feature enables the BANDIT™ to maintain the corporate
IP numbering scheme at both host and remote locations,
regardless of the addressing plan imposed by the local
ISP. |
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PRODUCT FEATURES |
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Proven feature-rich
ELIOS™ operating system |
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Economical
solution for providing VPN access |
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Compact
design for easy deployment at remote locations |
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Supports
legacy data protocols over IP, such as ALC |
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Includes
robust security features, such as Virtual
Private Network (VPN), firewall, and encryption |
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Supports
both in-band and out-of-band remote access
for network management over proven ELIOS™ operating
system |
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Capable
of originating, switching, multiplexing,
and terminating VPN tunnels on the same
platform |
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Includes
robust security features, such as standards-
based IPSec VPN, dynamic firewall, Network
Address Translation (NAT) and Private Address
Translation (PrAT) |
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| NETWORK CONFIGURATION
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| SUMMARY |
| Encore
Networks offers an attractive value proposition
with its versatile BANDIT™ IP+Legacy
solution: |
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A
smooth migration strategy from existing
transport methods to less expensive, more
scalable IP-based networks |
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Support for legacy data
protocols over IP |
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Cost-effective
method of providing a large number of remote
users with secure access to the travel
reservation networks. |
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Seamless interoperability
with existing networking equipment |
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Easy installation,
operation, and maintenance |
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Powerful ELIOS™ operating
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