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ConSentry Networks has rolled out a security-fortified LAN switch, a move that will help kick off a trend giving enterprises role- and application-based control over every user on their networks, no matter where users are located.

The Milpitas, Calif.-based networking vendor has combined its LANShield silicon architecture and security software with off-the-shelf switching silicon to develop the enterprise-class CS4048 switch, which integrates the security features needed to secure every user and every port on the LAN.

Because the LANShield silicon architecture is common to both the new LANShield Switch and the already shipping LANShield Controller (formerly the Secure LAN Controller), the new switch supports all the security features currently delivered in the Controller. The LANShield silicon consists of a 128-core processor and two programmable ASICs, which work together to provide per-flow inspection and enforcement at 10 Gbps — including network admission control to restrict who can come onto the LAN, full Layer 7 visibility into all user activities, control over user access to authorized resources through role-based provisioning, and threat control to prevent zero-hour attacks from compromising network availability. Secure LAN switch locks out threats

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