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Communications News, June, 1999

Lethal anti-virus protection

THE GOAL IS "TO RID THE PLANET OF VIRUSES." Panda Software's antiviral program, 6. 0 Platinum, provides protection for every potential entry point for viruses, including e-mail and the Internet. Version 6.0 scans for viruses at Internet protocol levels such as HTTP, SMTP, FTP, and POP to detect and remove approximately 20,000 viruses. Panda's product integrates with Windows 98, 95, 3.x, NT, DOS, OS/2, Novell NetWare, and MS Exchange. It tracks viruses found on computer hard disks and in RAM, as well as in hard-to-find places like nested attachments and OLE documents.--Panda Software

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Smart money

IS PROTECTING INFORMATION worth money to your enterprise? NDS Secure Access is a smart card-based authentication, privacy, and accountability security system scalable to individual corporate databases, networks, and intranets. The architecture of Secure Access consists of four components that work together with the firewall to protect the resource: a smart card, smart card reader, client, and server.

The NDS card reader is small enough to carry in the palm of your hand and can be incorporated into a PC. The reader is a compact, low-cost, portable unit that adds extra security, user tracking, and access control. Secure Access Client, compliant with PKSC #11 and Microsoft CAPI standards, negotiates protocols such as SSL and IPSec. Secure Access Server controls and monitors access to the protected resource, logs network activity, manages encryption, and maps user identity.--NDS Americas, Inc.

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Chat in confidence

MC2 STUDIOS HAS LAUNCHED its Confide 2.0 Secure Communications Software, a Windows 95/98/NT application providing real-time, point-to-point interaction on the Internet. Confide software combines text-based chat capabilities and instant messaging features with strong encryption. Developed from in-house tools for secure communications with teleworking staff, Confide 2.0 provides a convenient, real-time link with remote users with the cost-effectiveness of encrypted e-mail.--MC2 Studios, Inc.

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ATM security

ENCRYPT CELLS CARRYING MULTIMEDIA TRANSMISSIONS at fast rates. Celotek, formerly Secant, is developing high-speed security for ATM networks. The new CellCase622 product will encrypt cells carrying multimedia transmissions at a rate of 622 Mbps; the 622 will ship in 4Q 1999.

Celotek claims that its current product line provides the quickest commercial encryption data rates-up to 155 Mbps. Substantial cost savings are achievable when CellCase systems secure multimedia transmissions because customers are able to use the public telephone network instead of leased lines or private networks.--Celotek Corp.

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Line of network defense

SECURITY ASSESSMENT, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND IMPLEMENTATION are available through NetSolve. Its ProWatch Secure Managed Firewall Service includes: ongoing 24x7 monitoring for faults and potential attacks, security reports and consultation, and firewall configuration management.

To ensure network protection, NetSolve security engineers assess alarms and indications of security violations or inappropriate activity, such as unusual increases in the level of activity or increases in the number of denied connections. NetSolve will perform ongoing configuration management of your firewall, including: configuration changes, backup and archival, software upgrades, network address translation, and VPN configuration management.

NetSolve uses Cisco Systems' Net Sonar software to probe external areas of vulnerability, such as Sendmail, NFS, NIS, FTP, telnet, http, and DNS. NetSolve configures the firewall according to an agreed-upon security policy. Once the firewall is implemented, NetSolve tests inbound and outbound security recommendations and results and adjusts the configuration as required. NetSolve supports the Cisco PIX Firewall.--NetSolve, Inc.

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Exterminate server bugs

NETECT, INC. has informed the public of a potentially devastating security vulnerability that affects some of the Internet's most widely used software. Specifically, a hacker could exploit the so-called Palmetto bug to gain administrative and monitoring privileges to a computer on which an FTP server is installed.

To address this problem, Netect has introduced its HackerShield product, an intuitive anti-hacker product that provides nonsecurity professionals and security experts the ability to safeguard an enterprise's systems, servers, and corporate data by finding and closing security holes. Netect offers RapidFire programs that update a company's anti-hacker database. Its professional security team researches, documents, and codes hacker techniques and security checks to add to the HackerShield database.--Netect, Inc.

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Satellite-linked encryption

ADD STRONG ENCRYPTION TO YOUR VPN VIA SATELLITE. The RPK Encryptonite Software Toolkit gives software developers everything they need to quickly and easily incorporate strong, fast, and scalable RPK public key encryption into all their applications, such as streaming multimedia, communications/telephony/VolP, networking/VPN, and e-commerce. Its small code size makes it the best choice for resource-constrained and cost-driven embedded applications.