Advantages
Airtight Security
The SkyPilot system uses advanced encryption and authorization technologies to ensure that the broadband wireless network is secure and hack-proof.
Encrypted Wireless Links
Every wireless link in the SkyPilot mesh infrastructure is encrypted to ensure security. SkyPilot uses the latest in industrial-strength encryption technology by using 128-bit AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) on every wireless link, making it unreadable to anyone sniffing the airwaves. AES is a symmetric key encryption technique that provides strong encryption and is FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standard) approved.
Wi-Fi Encryption
Wi-Fi subscribers accessing the network through the SkyExtender DualBand have a choice of encryption including AES, Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) with Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP), Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), or dynamic WEP.
Certificate-based Authentication
SkyPilot uses sophisticated certificate-based authentication to:
- Allow network access to authorized subscribers only
- Allow data forwarding capabilities to authorized nodes only to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks and subscribers from acting as Internet gateways
- Limit configuration information to only be provided from authorized servers
- Limit software image downloads from authorized servers
- Prevent clones from accessing the network (theft of service)
The certificate-based authentication process begins with nodes being authorized through SkyProvision. Only nodes authorized by SkyProvision are allowed on the network, thereby preventing non-authorized equipment to be used.
Wi-Fi Authentication
Wi-Fi subscribers accessing the network through the SkyExtender DualBand are authenticated through a RADIUS/802.1x server with either PEAP (Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol), TTLS (Tunneled Transport Layer Service), or WPA-PSK (Private Shared Key) with TKIP key management. The SkyExtender DualBand also includes Message Integrity Check (MIC) to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks.