HOTSPOT GATEWAY
Introduction 7
Security
The patent-pending iNAT™ (Intelligent Network Address Translation) feature
creates an intelligent mapping of IP Addresses and their associated VPN tunnels—by
far the most reliable multi-session VPN passthrough to be tested against diverse VPN
termination servers from companies such as Cisco, Checkpoint, Nortel and
Microsoft. Nomadix’ iNAT feature allows multiple tunnels to be established to the
same VPN server, creating a seamless connection for all users at the public access
location.
The HSG provides fine-grain management of DoS (Denial of Service) attacks
through its Session Rate Limiting (SRL) feature, and MAC filtering for improved
network reliability.
5-Step Service Branding
A network enabled with the Nomadix HSG (or any other Nomadix Access Gateway)
offers a 5-Step service branding methodology for public access operators and their
partners, comprising:
1. Initial Flash Page branding.
2. Initial Portal Page Redirect (Pre-Authentication). Typically, this is used to
redirect the user to a venue-specific Welcome and Login page.
3. Home Page Redirect (Post-Authentication). This redirect page can be tailored to
the individual user (as part of the RADIUS Reply message, the URL is received
by the NSE) or set to re-display itself at freely configurable intervals.
4. The Information and Control Console (ICC) contains multiple opportunities for
an operator to display its branding or the branding of partners during the user’s
session. As an alternative to the ICC, a simple pop-up window provides the
opportunity to display a single logo.
5. The “Goodbye” page is a post-session page that can be defined either as a
RADIUS VSA or be driven by the Internal Web Server (IWS) in the NSE. Using
the IWS option means that this functionality is also available for other post-paid
billing mechanisms.
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