Orbital Data, Encore Networks to Deliver Satellite Broadband Services to Missouri Dep’t of Natural Resources

DULLES, Va., Sept. 30, 2005/Satnews Daily/ — Encore Networks and Orbital Data Net have teamed to provide secure satellite broadband communications to the Parks Division of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.

Orbital has deployed Encore's VPN router, the VSR-30, as a VSAT solution in locations throughout Missouri State Parks where secure broadband access has previously been unavailable.

Encore's VSR-30, with patent pending Selective Layer Encryption (SLE), enables satellite users, running encrypted applications over IP, to realize the benefits of broadband communications without the significant performance degradation that is typically associated with using IPsec on hybrid satellite-terrestrial circuits.

Greg Heifner, Orbital Data Net CEO said SLE feature in the VSR-30 overcomes this performance degradation and allows encryption and VPN capabilities to process at full link speed, while optimizing the performance of key applications.

Orbital Data Net is a privately held company specializing in mobile and fixed remote satellite based solutions for government and commercial users operating beyond the reach of traditional terrestrial communications. Orbital designs and manages these networks blending technologies such as VSAT, DSL, fiber, and power line connectivity.

Encore Network's security products, including the VSR-30, are uniquely versatile IP+Legacy and IP only VPN appliances that support IPsec VPN, stateful inspection firewall, IP routing and QoS, numerous legacy data protocols, and Selective Layer Encryption. The ability to perform SLE to IPsec tunnel switching allows satellite operators to offer their customers both end-to-end on-net and off-net VPN solutions.

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