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Sendmail Offers Secure Business E-Mail

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E-mail is becoming so important to business that e-mail systems must be upgraded for security and reliability. Sendmail is offering Sendmail Switch 2.1 and Sendmail Advanced Message Server as a step toward those goals in the enterprise, said Sendmail Chairman Greg . . .

WatchGuard buys Qiave for Web security

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WatchGuard Technologies is beefing up its security offerings with content-protection software from Qiave Technologies. WatchGuard snapped up the Waltham, Mass., company for $66 million in stock and plans initially to sell Qiave's QSecure software to current WatchGuard customers.. . .

BSD System Takes On Linux

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BSDi also touts the security features offered with the BSD OS. Problems such as the common Unix buffer overflow exposure, where a malicious hacker crashes a system by putting too many characters into a command field and feeds the system rogue . . .

FreeBSD 4.1.1-RELEASE

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Since 4.1-RELEASE was produced in August 2000, RSA released their code into the public domain and a number of other security enhancements were made possible through the FreeBSD project's permission to export cryptographic code from the United States. These changes are . . .

SmoothWall Linux 0.9.4

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SmoothWall Linux 0.9.4 is a recent addition to the family of Linux distributions and one with an interesting lineage. The base system files are a stripped-down version of those found in VA-Linux 6.2.1, which in turn was derived from Red Hat Linux 6.2. What is more interesting than its lineage is this distro's purpose in life: to function as, and only as, a firewall to the Internet. . . .

Motorola launches security-processor family

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Loring Wirbel writes "Motorola Inc.'s Semiconductor Products Sector will introduce a new security-processor family at the NetWorld+Interop show this week for use in networking applications. The MPC180 devices will combine encryption with general Internet Protocol Secure (IPsec) functions such as authentication . . .

Opening minds at OpenSales

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This is a discussion with Bonnie Crater, CEO of OpenSales, the Open Source e-commerce company. "Having made peace with my male ego, I recently asked Crater what it was like to be the CEO of an open source . . .

Kaspersky Lab Makes Linux More Secure

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Kaspersky Lab, an international anti-virus software development company, announces a new version of Kaspersky Anti-Virus (AVP) for Linux. This latest version combines unique functionality, significantly simplifying the programs use and the world's first anti-virus solution to integrate into the popular e-mail . . .

phpSecurePages 0.19b

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phpSecurePages is a PHP module to secures pages with a login name and password. It can handle multiple user groups (each with their own viewing rights), store data in a MySQL database or a configuration file, and be used to identify . . .

Cylink secures Bluetooth wireless net technology

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Secure e-business pioneer Cylink Corporation today announced that its SAFER+TM encryption algorithm is being used for user authentication within Bluetooth, a protocol that is rapidly growing in use for wireless communications More than 1,700 companies support the Bluetooth protocol. With Bluetooth-enabled . . .

SmartGuard released by V-ONE

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"V-ONE Corporation (Nasdaq: VONE), a leading provider of Virtual Private Networks (VPN), today released the latest version of its award-winning SmartGuard Security Appliance, which now includes Secure Multiple Unit Management over the Internet and IPSec for Site-to-Site using IKE."

Intel brings network security to mobile PCs

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Addressing a gap in network security solutions, Intel Corporation today announced the industry's first high-speed, security network adapters for mobile PCs. Intel also introduced updated LAN security connections for desktop PCs and servers. The new connections help protect confidential information, such . . .

Red Hat plans automated security updates

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Linux vendor Red Hat has revealed that it plans to include a service with its distribution of Linux that will automatically update systems with the latest security patches. The move comes after a warning from security advisory group Cert last weekend . . .

Cabletron Systems Acquires Network Security Wizards

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Cabletron Systems, on behalf of Enterasys Networks who is the only provider of total network solutions singularly focused on enterprise-class customers, today announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Network Security Wizards (NSW). The addition of Baltimore-based NSW . . .

Security fix: Disposable credit cards?

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American Express Co., amid continued consumer concerns over online security, is proposing an answer: disposable credit card numbers. The card number would be good for one transaction only, and shoppers would no longer have to give their credit-card number to merchants . . .

"Web Security Is Our Bag, Baby"

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In response to the skyrocketing number of security breaches, vicious virus attacks and severe financial losses plaguing North America's digital economy, CRYPTOCard Corp., leaders in strong user authentication (SUA) systems, has launched CRYPTOAdmin 5.0.. . .

Linux Internet security tool

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Security firms Intrusion and Check Point Software will this month launch a sub-L1300 Linux-based Internet security appliance. The small device is aimed at medium-sized firms and branch offices, and will have Check Point's VPN-1/FireWall-1 security software preinstalled. . . .

RSA Security Releases RSA Encryption Algorithm into Public Domain

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RSA Security Inc. today announced it has released the RSA public key encryption algorithm into the public domain, allowing anyone to create products that incorporate their own implementation of the algorithm. This means that RSA Security has waived its rights to enforce the patent for any development activities that include the RSA algorithm occurring after September 6, 2000.. . .