NETWORK ASSOCIATES SELECTED BY FEDERAL GOVT. TO DEVELOP NEW INTERNET SECURITY STANDARD.(DOD's Advanced Research Projects Agency awards contract to Network Associates' TIS Labs)

Software Industry Report, September, 1998

Work With Internet Software Consortium, IETF Will Add Needed Security To DNS

Network Associates Inc.'s advanced research arm known as TIS Labs has been awarded a federal government development contract to add security to one of the fundamental protocols of the Internet. Handed down by the Department of Defense's Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the contract calls for security and anti-virus software maker Network Associates to create a new generation of the Domain Name System (DNS) in concert with the Internet Software Consortium.

Announcement of the award came late last month during the national conference of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), an Internet standards body. The IETF meets to develop and revise evolving standards such as the...

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