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[November 20, 2009]

A first for Industrial Ethernet Firewalls; New Hirschmann EAGLE20 v4.4 software

(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Belden has announced that it has released an upgrade of its Hirschmann EAGLE20 software. New EAGLE20 v4.4 software will be installed on all newly-bought Hirschmann devices, and available free of charge for existing customers.

One of the key new features of Hirschmann EAGLE20 v4.4 is off-line configuration. "Virtual" devices can be configured using a PC, and this configuration can later be downloaded to real devices. According to Mark Cooksley, Product Manager Network Security, "this is a first for industrial Ethernet firewalls." Klaus Reister, Head of Development HMI and Testlab, adds: "The Hirschmann EAGLE20 web interface is superior to competitive products. It is intuitive, user friendly, logically laid out, includes wizards for more complex tasks and has a hypertext index to find where to configure specific functionality. We have taken this product web interface and made it available as a java application running on a PC. You can open the application and it looks like you are connected to a real device. You can configure all the required parameters, and then save the "config file". This "config file" can later be loaded on to a real EAGLE20." The key benefit is that it is possible to configure the network security without having the actual devices. Up until now, a reseller or end customer would have to take the devices out of the boxes, power them up, connect them together, configure them, then put them back in the boxes and ship or move them. This is no longer necessary. In this way, installation engineers can spend as little time as possible on-site.

Mark Cooksley: "For a network engineer, on-site hardware configuration during network commissioning can be a stressful and time-consuming experience. The off-line configuration application alleviates this problem, resulting in faster network installation. In addition, reduced configuration errors culminate in higher network availability." In addition to offline configuration, Hirschmann EAGLE20 v4.4 offers a number of new advanced security features such as 1 to 1 NATinside a VPN and VPNs without certificates.

About Belden Belden designs, manufactures and markets signal transmission solutions, including cables, connectors and I/O modules as well as network devices and control, load sensing and load moment limitation systems designed for safety-critical applications ranging from industrial automation to data centers, broadcast studios and the aviation and aerospace industry. The company focuses on segments of the worldwide cable and automation markets that require both highly specialized and readily available products.

With manufacturing facilities in North America, Europeand Asia, Belden has recorded a total revenue of USD 2 billion for the fiscal year 2008.

Together with its brands Hirschmann and Lumberg Automation, Belden offers an extensive and highly specialized product portfolio covering the full range of data communications - from the information and control levels down to the field level. The company has more than 15 offices throughout Europe, the Middle Eastand Africa, with manufacturing facilities in CzechRepublic, Germany, the Netherlands, UK, Denmark, Italyand Hungary.

For more information about Belden, please visit www.belden-emea.com.

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