Sunday, October 26, 2003

AirMagnet Releases New Version of its WLAN Sniffer

AirMagnet, a start-up based in Sunnyvale, California, introduced the third generation of its laptop and handheld-based WLAN security products. The new release adds 22 features, including support for 802.11g, service level monitoring and assurance for Wi-Fi and VoIP, new denial-of-service protection and expanded signal quality and QoS assessment. The company also introduced "AirMagnet Reporter," a product that aggregates data captured by the mobile products in a variety of formats. The AirMagnet products perform WLAN troubleshooting, intrusion detection and security policy enforcement.
http://www.airmagnet.com

  • AirMagnet is headed by Dean Au, who previously was senior vice president of the Sniffer Technology Division of Network Associates. Its technical team is led by Chia Chee Kuan, who previously was technical staff member at Packet Design. Prior to Packet Design, Mr. Kuan was the first software engineer at Precept Software (acquired by Cisco Systems). The company is based in Sunnyvale, California.