User guide

Introduction to the PinPoint X
Rev 4.0 Oct.09 8
Virtual serial port
ThePinPointXsupportsonevirtualserialport overUSB.This
VSPcanbeused,forexample,tosendATcommands,ortorun
manyserialbasedapplicationssuchasHyperTerminal
®
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Networking
IPSec
TheIPprotocolthatdrivestheInternetisinherentlyinsecure.
InternetProtocolSecurity(IPSec),whichisastandards‐based
protocol,securescommunicationsofIPpacketsoverpublic
networks.
IPSecisacommonnetworklayersecuritycontrolandisused
tocreateavirtualprivatenetwork(VPN).
TheadvantagesoftheIPSecfeatureincludes:
• DataProtection:DataContentConfidentialityallowsusers
toprotecttheirdatafromanyunauthorizedview,because
thedataisencrypted(encryptionalgorithmsareused).
• AccessControl:AccessControlimpliesasecurityservice
thatpreventsunauthorizeduseofaSecurityGateway,a
networkbehindagatewayorbandwidthonthatnetwork.
• DataOriginAuthentication:DataOriginAuthentication
verifiestheactualsender,thu seliminatingthepossibility
offorgingtheactualsender’sidentificationbyathird‐
party.
• DataIntegrity:DataIntegrityAuthenticationallowsboth
endsofthecommunicationchanneltoconfirmthatthe
originaldatasenthasbeenreceivedastransmitted,
withoutbeingtamperedwithintransit.Thisisachieved
byusingauthenticationalgorithmsandtheiroutputs.
TheIPSecarchitecturemodelincludestheSierraWireless
AirLinkgatewayasaremotegatewayatoneendcommuni
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cating,throughaVPNtunnel,withaVPNgatewayatthe
otherend.TheremotegatewayisconnectedtoaRemote
networkandtheVPNisconnectedtotheLocalnetwork.The
communicationofdataissecurethroughtheIPSecprotocols.