NetContinuum prevents smuggling

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DENISE DUBIE ON NETWORK OPTIMIZATION
06/28/05
Today's focus: NetContinuum prevents smuggling

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* NetContinuum secures Web applications while optimizing
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Today's focus: NetContinuum prevents smuggling

By Denise Dubie

As more application acceleration vendors get gobbled up by big
network players such as Cisco and Juniper, companies like
NetContinuum see the consolidation as a chance to highlight the
benefits of putting multiple optimization features in one box.

Research firm Gartner says the application delivery and Web
application firewall markets are going to converge, which could
offer customers performance, management and cost-saving
benefits. For NetContinuum it means the time is right to
showcase its multi-purpose boxes and go head-to-head with
competitors such as F5 Networks.

The Web application firewall vendor says it has always provided
network managers with tools to secure their Web applications,
but NetContinuum CEO Gene Banman says the company will start
showing off its application delivery and optimization features.

"We are a full proxy at the HTTP level, so our network box sits
between the servers and the network. We can get control of the
whole session and apply sets of traffic management features
based on rules set by the administrator," Banman explains. "We
can do load balancing, caching, compression and apply security.
Essentially our technology maps out what's most appropriate for
each session from a single point of control instead of having to
do this across boxes."

An example of how NetContinuum can help security and deliver
optimized application performance, Banman says, is in the case
of HTTP Request Smuggling. According to the company, "an HTTP
Request Smuggling attack piggybacks an HTTP request inside of
another HTTP request, letting a remote attacker conduct cache
poisoning, launch cross-site scripting, hijack user sessions,
and evade IDS signatures."

The attacks could potentially compromise Web applications that
use Web caching, content switching and other traffic management
techniques, the company says.

NetContinuum's NC-1000 Application Security Gateway protects a
customer's Web applications from this new class of attacks,
Banman says. The Web application firewall provides
bi-directional, "deep inspection" of Web traffic, including
encrypted traffic and encoded content, which allows enforcement
of granular security policies. The NC-1000 is deployed within
customers' data centers between their routers and Web servers,
automatically providing application security and optimizing
application delivery, the company says. Available now, the
NC-1000 costs less than $30,000.

NetContinuum is expected to announce products in a month or so
that further show how its boxes can secure, optimize and deliver
Web applications.

RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS

NetContinuum upgrades for Web services
Network World, 10/11/04
http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetop2878

NetContinuum aims to secure Web apps, services
Network World, 11/01/04
http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetop2879

Cisco puts focus on Web services, starting with AON
Network World, 06/27/05
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062705-cisco.html?rl
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To contact: Denise Dubie

Senior Editor Denise Dubie covers network and systems management
for Network World. Reach her at <mailto:ddubie@nww.com>.
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