XSR additions bolster remote-office security Expanding its line of security routers, Enterasys Networks introduced on Monday four new products designed to help enterprises locally manage security in remote and branch offices.Dubbed XSR-3000, the new line consists of three remote-office routers and one router used to aggregate the other family members, including the two XSR products introduced in March 2002.According to Ben McLeod, director of VPN and security product marketing security at Andover, Mass.-based Enterasys, the XSR family offers firewalling and IP routing from a single platform. “The concept of XSR is addressing [the] CIO’s needs of providing connectivity and security to all remote offices around the world,” McLeod said. “A compromised remote node makes the entire network vulnerable.”McLeod added that most enterprises do not have security expertise at each remote location; therefore, the need to manage, monitor, and configure the routers from the corporate datacenter is essential.The XSR-4100 manages the remote products — 3020, 3150, and 3250 — and comes equipped with three 10/100/1,000Mbps ports. Additionally, Enterasys introduced two WAN interfaces, ADSL (asymmetrical DSL) and T3. Both are higher-speed technologies commonly used in Europe to give connectivity to branch locations with fewer than 200 users.Future enhancements to the XSR platform will include intrusion detection, SSL-based VPNs, and content-aware functions. Technology Industry