Honeywell selects Tofino for Onewireless Firewall

A Byres Security product story

Edited by the Processingtalk editorial team Aug 28, 2009

Byres Security and MTL Instruments, a division of Cooper Crouse-Hinds, have announced Honeywell has selected Tofino technology for its Onewireless Firewall.

The Honeywell Onewireless Firewall sits between the Honeywell Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS) control system and the Onewireless network, providing an additional layer of protection against unwanted and harmful network traffic.

The product is now available from Honeywell.

The Onewireless Firewall is compliant with Experion R311 and is the second network-security product from Honeywell based on Tofino technology (the first being the Experion Modbus TCP Firewall).

The Onewireless Firewall works automatically as soon as it is connected to the network.

The product filters bi-directional network traffic, allowing only wireless I/O on both directions, while blocking other data types.

Eric Byres, chief technical officer of Byres Security, said: 'The Tofino technology in the Onewireless Firewall provides an easy way for Honeywell's customers to achieve in-depth security with a simple zero-configuration module.