No matter the size of your company, you know that a slow down in their logistic’s pipeline can have a huge effect on many parts of your business.
When these problems do arise, then it is important for your company to find where the problem is coming from and fix it quickly before it begins to affect profits. That is where session monitoring can help you.
What is Session Monitoring?
One of the most impressive features of SLNet is the ability to monitor any telnet sessions within the organization.
Session monitoring is the method used to locally observe the display on a remote SSH/Telnet session.
Why it is important for a business?
From an admin point of view, it is important to be able to track and monitor all telnet devices across your organisation.
This is especially useful if you have operator training and certification, allowing supervisors to monitor session activity and provide feedback through the training cycle.
You can monitor from a central point of your network, monitoring any session regardless of geography, making it especially useful if you have a large multi-site operation with numerous locations across the country or continent.
Errors can be fixed and your organisation can learn where the pipeline is being slowed down and where improvements can be made.
How SLNet can help
With SLNet from SeattleLab, we can take away some of the worries that you may experience while running a large organisation.
Working in conjunction with Windows 2016 & 2019, our fast, responsive technology can help you monitor large areas of your pipeline.
Our latest version of SLNet is called SLNet Secure and is our most advanced to date.
SLNet Secure optimises the SSH protocol link between radio frequency devices and works with Windows versions 2016 onward as well as enabling an unlimited number of users.
28 Jan 2021
How secure is your public network?
Like most around the globe, SeattleLab has had to adapt to a changing world in 2020. It has been a year like no other in recent history. Every aspect of the world’s economy has been affected by the COVID 19 pandemic.
For many companies, this has meant a change in the way they do business.
Moving the workforce to the cloud
Working from home has become a reality for large parts of the global population during government lockdowns.
This has meant much of the workload has been moved to the cloud. Public networks are now essential for every day running of organisations.
But moving to these public networks has placed a higher need for secure communications.
Communications through public networks can be at risk of bad actors if security is not treated seriously.
Recently we saw with the breach of the SolarWinds network, how a large business can be disrupted by such hacks.
Where SLNet comes in
With SLNet Secure, it has never been easier to protect your data and keep your communication lines secure.
One of the most unique features of our newest products is the ability to protect your networks from outside interference.
For a full list of the new features of SLNet Secure, have a look at the press release here.
18 Dec 2020
What is SSH? And how can SLNet Secure help?
What is SSH?
SSH, also known as Secure Shell or Secure Socket Shell, is a network protocol that gives users, particularly system administrators, a secure way to access a computer over an unsecured network.
SSH provides strong authentication and secure communications over insecure channels, connecting an SSH client application with an SSH server.
Why is it needed?
SSH provides a mechanism for establishing a cryptographically secured connection between two parties, authenticating each side to the other, and passing commands and output back and forth.
In addition to providing strong encryption, SSH is widely used by network administrators to manage systems and applications remotely, deliver software patches, or execute commands and move files.
For organisations that need to transfer data quickly and securely, SSH is an essential part of their logistics pipeline.
Who is it for?
Every organisation could benefit from the high level of encryption provided by SLNet Secure. But it is the heavily regulated industries such as Healthcare, that see the most value from SLNet Secure.
Any organisation using remote SAP consoles, especially those in Retail, Warehousing & Food Processing will benefit from the end to end encryption.
How SLNet Secure can help
SLNet Secure builds on the highly successful SLNet product range. It adds a layer of security between the SLNet server and the wireless handheld devices whilst maintaining the features provided by SLNet.
SLNet Secure optimises the SSH protocol link between radio frequency devices and works with Windows versions 2016 onward as well as enabling an unlimited number of users.
For a full list of the new features of SLNet Secure, have a look at the press release here.
08 Dec 2020
SeattleLab is proud to introduce SLNet Secure
SeattleLab is proud to announce that our latest release SLNet Secure is now available.
SLNet Secure builds on the highly successful SLNet product range, it adds a layer of security between the SLNet server and the wireless handheld devices whilst maintaining the features provided by SLNet.
SLNet secure optimises the SSH protocol link between radio frequency devices and Secure works with Windows versions 2016 onward as well as enabling an unlimited number of users.
SeattleLab CTO Lorcan Kennedy said “SeattleLab are delighted to announce our latest release. With SLNET Secure, we feel we have the most secure SSH software to support your organisation from the ground up.
Kennedy spoke of the improved usability with data migration adding that “Our new release means migrating to the cloud has never been easier or more secure.”
Security
Customizable Permissions
Users run in their own appropriate security context, with all their own
permissions in place, just as if they had logged in from the main
console. This completely preserves all Windows’ C2 security features.
SLNet Secure can lock down terminals so they can only reach specific
applications and be prevented from getting to a command prompt.
Secure Logon
SLNet Secure ensures encryption of usernames and passwords for secure logon over the network.
Full SSH Support
Out of the box support for SSH.
Usability for End-User
High Performance
SLNet Secure communicates via Winsock Sockets to the terminals and via
Pipes to SLCon and the Windows Console Applications. To minimise the
impact on the CPU resources, the SLNet secure programs are heavily
multi-threaded and asynchronous.
Improved Performance and Reliability
SLNet Secure can handle thousands of user connections with modest
requirements. SSH sessions tend to be more robust than the equivalent
Telnet session.
Terminal Emulation
SLNet Secure can be customised to meet any terminal emulation or
application character needs, details of which are provided in the
Installation, Configuration and Administration Guide.
Access to Window’s Common Command Shell
Users who SSH into SLNet Secure can have full access to
Windows’ Common Command Shell. SLNet Secure is completely configurable
by the administrator, who can choose to disable access to the Command
Shell on a user-by-user basis.
Direct Access to Custom Applications
SLNet Secure offers you the power to define default custom applications for users as soon as they log in.
Terminal Sequences
SLNet Secure provides ANSI terminal sequences (compatible with the
VT-100 and VT-220) for cursor positioning and formatted screen handling.
It supports colours, UTF-8 characters, Unicode characters and custom
key sequences.
Logging
SLNet Secure can insert a record in the Windows event log every time a
user connects or disconnects along with a record of what process the
user executed and the resulting data and screens from that process.
Remote Administration
SLNet Secure can be administered locally or remotely.
Licensing
For security purposes, SLNet Secure is licensed to specific servers. A
license key tied to the server ensures you can track your SLNet Secure
licenses and prevent unauthorized uses. Install SLNet on a target
server, it activates temporarily and provides a license request file
that you email to the SeattleLab license group. A license key file is
generated and sent back to you.
Supporting the latest Windows software
Windows 2016 and 2019 support
SLNet Secure fully supports Windows 2016 and 2019 servers.
64 bit Console Support
SLNet Secure fully supports 64 bit Console applications such as SAPConsole 7.3.
Unicode and UTF-8 support
SLNet Secure has full support for international languages – single and
double-byte character sets. You can set the font and code page to meet
any need.
For more information on SLNet Secure please visit our website, https://www.seattlelab.com/
01 Dec 2020
Find the SLNet version that is right for you
Over the last 2 months, Seattle Lab has overhauled our product range to support the most up to date Windows Servers.
Both of SeattleLab’s latest releases SLNet 6.2 and SLNet 6.3 are supported by Windows server 2016 and 2019.
Now we have a variety of different product and versions to help our customers find a solution to any problems that may arise on their logistic’s pipeline.
Here are just some of the features offered by our latest versions:
Bug Fix Release
Improvements to Auto-Reconnect features
Performance Improvements
Integration with SAP Console 7.3
Improvements to SLCon user Interface
Support for Windows 2016 and 2019
New Installation package
Windows 2012
Windows 2016
Windows 2019
As per 6.2.1
Removal of all 32-bit components
Fully 64-bit compliant
Windows 2012
Windows 2016
Windows 2019
Secure Shell (SSH)
Flexible Terminal Emulation
Automatic reconnection
unlimited Concurrent Connections
No Proprietary client software required.
Unlimited Telnet Sessions
For more info on the different solutions we offer, please visit our product page, https://www.seattlelab.com/products
11 Nov 2020
Get a better understanding of your pipeline with SLNET
For many organisations, troubleshooting errors on your logistics pipeline can be time-consuming and take away important resources.
With SLNet from SeattleLab, organisations can get a better understanding of their logistics pipeline. We can help you quickly identify the reasons for incomplete telnet sessions as well as errors with your RF devices, such as invalid codes and RF units not responding.
SLNET 6.2 & 6.3 (64-bit) can help with the following:
- Track everything from client to server
The full communication pathway can be logged to your server. This allows you to trace and replay sessions and quickly verify operator or other errors.
- Help narrow down the location of errors
With enhanced logging you can easily see where errors may be originating in your communication path, allowing you to quickly identify corrective actions.
- Application and client errors
Use enhanced logging to help troubleshoot your full connection path and infrastructure. Identify bottlenecks or communication errors quickly. Our new enhanced logging can help you reduce costly downtime.
Make sure to check out our Products page for a full breakdown of the different SLNET versions, inclusion our latest versions 6.2 & 6.3(64-bit).
11 Sep 2020
SLNet 6.3 Release
As part of its ongoing development plan for SLNet, SeattleLab is proud to announce the release of SLNet V6.3, our first fully 64-bit version. With all the new functionality provided in V6.2, this version removes all the 32-bit components to offer a full 64-bit conformant product. For more details, click the Read More button below – including details on how to download this version.
https://www.seattlelab.com/product/slnet-v6-3/
This version has been tested on Windows 2016 and Windows 2019 and provides a continued upgrade path.