Michael Bennett and Gregory Bell of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) have invented an inexpensive apparatus that enables secure and auditable tapping of a computer network. The self-contained LBNL secure network tap will enable corporations, universities, research institutes, and government agencies to maintain optimal security while meeting increasingly strict privacy requirements.
Network taps make it possible to monitor the data on a particular network medium, such as optical fiber or copper cable. In conventional network taps, the monitoring function is always activated. As a result, conventional taps may permit unauthorized parties to access sensitive data, including personal information or private phone conversations carried over the increasingly popular Voiceover-Internet Protocol (VoIP).
The LBNL invention also includes encrypted log files, optional means for encrypting and storing tapped traffic, and methods for protecting against local tampering.
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