AXENT Technologies Firewall and Intrusion Detection Solutions Meet Eweek Magazine's Hacking Challenge.Business/Technology Editors ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 4, 2000 Raptor Firewall and NetProwler Products Provide Superior Security During OpenHack Challenge AXENT Technologies, Inc. (NASDQ:AXNT), one of the world's leading Internet security ''This article or section is being rewritten at Internet security is the process of protecting data and privacy of devices connected to internet from information robbery, hacking, malware infection and unwanted software. solution providers for e-business, who recently entered into a definitive agreement with Symantec Corporation (NASDQ: SYMC SYMC Symantec Corporation (stock symbol) ) to be acquired, today announced that its market-leading products, Raptor(R) Firewall and NetProwler(tm), successfully fortified fortified (fôrt  ´fīd),adj containing additives more potent than the principal ingredient. eWeek(tm) Lab's OpenHack challenge site. As organizations expand their e-business initiatives, the challenge, which encouraged hackers to gain access to lab servers containing sensitive information, is a reminder that security is no longer a technology issue, but a business enabler, protecting critical business information. "The Openhack challenge proves once again that AXENT's Raptor Firewall and NetProwler are the undisputed market leaders for e-business security needs," said Greg Coticchia, vice-president of marketing for AXENT(R). "The Raptor Firewall, when used in conjunction with NetProwler, provides customers with a proven security solution. eWeek's challenge shows that organizations need to protect their systems against malicious attacks, and the only way to do so is by employing trusted security solutions." Results of the Test The Lab saw about 500,000 attacks, 30,000 of which went directly to the firewall cluster throughout the course of the test. None of the attacks to the firewall cluster affected AXENT's Raptor Firewall. These hack attempts including Port Scans, Micro Fragments for #1, POP3 Connects, Trinoo and Syn Snipping, were HTTP HTTP in full HyperText Transfer Protocol Standard application-level protocol used for exchanging files on the World Wide Web. HTTP runs on top of the TCP/IP protocol. attacks to try and exploit PERL on application servers. "Openhack.com offers companies a first-hand look at the latest security issues, as well as the remedies used to prevent the same types of attacks on their networks," said Henry Baltazar of eWeek Labs. "AXENT's Raptor Firewall and NetProwler performed superbly, protecting the integrity and availability of sensitive information from would-be hackers." The Openhack site was fortified primarily by Raptor Firewalls from AXENT Technologies, Inc. running on a pair of Sun Ultra(R) 10 servers. To ensure that the site will be able to withstand constant attacks, the firewalls were clustered using load-balancing hardware from Radware Pty., Ltd. NetProwler, part of the ProwlerIDS(tm) suite, performed intrusion detection See IDS and IPS. functions along the network. About AXENT's Solutions Raptor Firewall Raptor Firewall is integrated with other AXENT and third-party solutions under AXENT's Smart Security Architecture; integration includes standard IPSec VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. technology; International Computer Security Association(tm) (ICSA See TruSecure. (tm)) certification; Checkmark(R) certification; a Microsoft(R) Management Console A terminal or workstation used to monitor and control a network. See Microsoft Management Console. (MMC See MultiMediaCard and Microsoft Management Console. ) interface; RADWARE, and Microsoft high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. and load balancing The fine tuning of a computer system, network or disk subsystem in order to more evenly distribute the data and/or processing across available resources. For example, in clustering, load balancing might distribute the incoming transactions evenly to all servers, or it might redirect them capabilities; Telemate.Net(R) reporting options; Finjan(R)Java(R) scanning solutions; Entrust-Ready(tm) public key infrastructure (PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) A framework for creating a secure method for exchanging information based on public key cryptography. The foundation of a PKI is the certificate authority (CA), which issues digital certificates that authenticate the identity of ) encryption support and integration with other AXENT authentication and e-security solutions. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Gartner Group (company) Gartner Group - One of the biggest IT industry research firms. Address: Connecticut, USA. , AXENT is positioned as a market leader for its combined ability to execute and its completeness of vision, while Frost & Sullivan named Raptor Firewall the 1999 Product Line Strategy Award Winner. NetProwler NetProwler is the only network-based IDS to automatically discover popular systems and applications and then apply the appropriate protection with minimal administrator intervention. Its patent-pending Stateful Dynamic Signature Inspection(tm) (SDSI SDSI Simple Distributed Security Infrastructure SDSI Systems Design & Support, Inc. SDSI Space and Defense Systems Inc. (Reston, VA) ) engine also lets organizations quickly build and deploy both new and custom attack definitions on the fly to easily defend both common and company-specific applications. About the eWeek OpenHack Project The eWeek OpenHack project was designed to help e-businesses address security concerns based on the different attacks the project's Web server endures. Investigating the types and targets of the attacks allowed eWeek Labs to measure the security and vulnerability of varying computing platforms. The posted results of the hacking challenge allows eWeek readers to use the information to design a network that offers tight security but also allows open communications. eWeek offered award money to any hackers capable of cracking into Openhack.com. Prize money ranged from $500 for defacing the Web server to $1,500 for compromising the e-mail server See mail server. to $2500 for cracking into the database server. The hacking challenge began on June 26, 2000 and ended July 21, 2000 or until all the prize money was paid out. More information on the Openhack Challenge can be found at www.openhack.com. About AXENT(R) AXENT Technologies, Inc., a global leader in information security, provides e-security solutions that maximize its customers' business advantage. AXENT delivers integrated products and expert services to assess, protect, enable and manage business processes and information assets, as well as to facilitate Trust Level Management(tm) within its customers' environments. Through its unique Lifecycle Security(tm) Methodology, combined with Smart Security Architecture, AXENT delivers the `right' level of trusted e-security for customers. Award-winning solutions offer assessment and policy compliance, firewall, intrusion detection, authentication and authorization technology, virtual private networking, Web access and single sign-on An identification system that lets users log into multiple Web sites on the Internet with one username and password. Single sign-on systems are also used within an enterprise, enabling users to access all authorized resources in the local network using the same username and password. for enterprises and e-businesses. Headquartered in Rockville, MD, AXENT's customer-proven information security solutions are used by 45 of the Fortune 50, one-third of the Fortune e-50 and governments worldwide. Contact AXENT via e-mail at info@axent.com, or visit AXENT's World Wide Web site at http://www.axent.com. AXENT, AXENT Technologies, the AXENT logo, NetProwler, Raptor, Stateful Dynamic Signature Inspection, Trust Level Management, ProwlerIDS and Lifecycle Security are trademarks or registered trademarks, in the United States and certain other countries, of AXENT Technologies, Inc. or its subsidiaries. eWeek is a trademark of Ziff Davis Publishing Holdings, Inc.; Sun Ultra and Java are registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc.; Gartner Group is a registered trademark of Gartner Group, Inc.; International Computer Security Association and ICSA are trademarks of the International Computer Security Association; Checkmark is a registered trademark of West Cost Publishing Limited; Microsoft is a registered trademark of the Microsoft Corporation; Telemate.Net is a registered trademark of Telemate.Net Software, Inc.; Finjan is a registered trademark of Finjan Software Ltd.; and Entrust-Ready is a trademark of Entrust Technologies, Inc. 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