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Security News: Archive: January 2003 

Secure Computing Unwraps New Firewalls, Management Appliance

In what amounts to the first tangible fruits of its acquisition of the Gauntlet firewall from Network Associates nearly a year ago, Secure Computing announces a new 'hybrid' firewall and an appliance for managing hundreds of distributed firewalls.

Secure Messaging Vendor Offers Management Appliance

Tumbleweed Communications announces an appliance that runs its MMS 5.5 software, which provides content filtering, secure email, anti-virus and anti-spam capabilities.

ActivCard Aims to Simplify Single Sign-on

ActivCard announces software that integrates multiple authentication techniques to simplify the process of providing secure, single sign-on access to enterprise systems and applications, as well as to Web sites and resources outside the control of IT.

Shavlik Updates EnterpriseInspector Tool

Security patch vendor Shavlik Technologies announces a new version of its EnterpriseInspector security assessment and patch management tool, adding features to the no-cost versions that Microsoft offers.

IBM Offers Upgrade to Identity Manager

It's a big week on the provisioning tool front, with IBM announcing enhancements to its IBM Tivoli Identity Manager and BMC unveiling upgrades to its CONTROL-SA provisioning tool.

BMC Beefs Up Provisioning Tool

Enterprise management products vendor BMC Software announces enhancements to its CONTROL-SA provisioning tool that focus on ease of use and deployment as well as scalability and integration.

Analyzer Detects Wireless LAN Security, Performance Problems

AirMagnet announces a new wireless LAN analyzer that includes both performance and security monitoring functions for 802.11a and 802.11b wireless LANs.

SonicWall Unwraps 2 New VPN/Firewall Appliances

Internet security product vendor SonicWall announces a pair of new security appliances targeted at the small/medium business market and featuring enhanced firewall and administrative functions.

Aventail Touts Clientless VPN Appliance As IPSec Replacement

Remote access vendor Aventail unveils an SSL-based VPN appliance it claims ups the ante in the 'clientless' VPN market, with features enabling it to replace more complicated IPSec-based VPNs for remote user access to networks.

Transmeta Embeds Security in TM5800 Chips

A new version of the TM5800 Crusoe processor is coming with embedded technologies for securing sensitive data and delivering tamper-resistant x86 storage environments.

PestPatrol Enhances Cookie, Keylogger Detection

PC security software vendor PestPatrol announces version 4.1 of its PestPatrol Home Edition, which offers enhanced protection against cookies and key loggers for users' personal PCs.

Network-1 Shelves Firewall Product

The security software company has discontinued its distributed firewall product to free up cash as it seeks a merger candidate.

Macromedia, RealNetworks Release Patches

Two high-profile multimedia software companies release patches for vulnerabilities in their respective products that may result in buffer overflows.