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Lucent Security Management Server 5.0 Gets a Face-Lift

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Lucent Technologies' Lucent Security Management Server (LSMS) offers a robust management server for the company's VPN Firewall Brick security device. Now LSMS version 5.0 brings client download features and automated client update notices. VPN (virtual private network) clients, however, still need . . .

Linux Distribution Security Report

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How are the various Linux distributions doing in terms of general security? In this article, a few observations on the results of a quasi-statistical analysis of the security fixes issued by Linux distributions are made. Also, looked at in this article . . .

Performance Comparison and Tuning

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This article contains a series of slides which were presented at LinuxTag 2000. It compares the performance of FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris. Also, it offers ideas on performance tuning for these operating systems.

Biometrics Meet Wireless Internet

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Identix Inc. - a Motorola Inc.-funded maker of fingerprint identification devices - last week launched a division that will offer biometric authentication services to wireless and Internet service providers. The technology will allow customers of wireless services and products to . . .

Solsoft bolsters Linux security

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E-business company Solsoft Thursday rolled out security software for Linux. Dubbed Solsoft NP-Lite, the software will be included with the Linux-Mandrake Power Pack or Deluxe 7.1 operating system, although it works with other Linux distributions. The security of Linux has . . .

Intrusion.com Acquires MimeStar, Inc.

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Intrusion.com, Inc., a global provider of enterprise security solutions, today announced the acquisition of MimeStar, Inc., developer of the advanced network intrusion detection software, SecureNet Pro[tm]. Under the terms of the merger agreement, Intrusion.com expects to pay $4 million in cash and issue 95,969 shares of its stock to MimeStar's stockholders.. . .

Fingerprint scanning for smartcards

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The promise of combining fingerprint recognition with smartcards is now a step closer to being fulfilled. Norman Data Defense Systems -- one of the companies working on smartcard data security systems with Siemens and others -- announced it has succeeded . . .

Medusa DS9 Security System

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The basic idea behind Medusa is really simple. Before execution of certain operations, the kernel asks the authorization server (Constable) for confirmation. The authorization server then permits, forbids or changes the operation. The authorization server and kernel talk to each other . . .

Trustix Secure Linux 1.1

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Trustix AS, the leader in eBusiness Systems Management Solution for Linux, announces the release of Trustix Secure Linux 1.1, the preferred Linux distribution for eCommerce applications. Trustix Secure Linux 1.1 is primarily a maintenance release, however the new release does have . . .