Aestiva HTML/OS Database Engine Safe From Slammer Attack.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers TORRANCE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 29, 2003 Aestiva announced today that all Aestiva products are safe from the "Slammer A worm that caused a billion dollars worth of damage on the Internet on January 25, 2003. Slammer infected computers all over the Internet by generating random IP addresses and causing the computer's buffer to overflow with its own instructions that replicate itself and start the process " virus. Although hundreds of thousands of companies fell victim to the self-propagating virus, Aestiva's entire product line is safe from the virus and has zero reports of security problems. "We do not rely on questionable security architecture," said D.M. Silverberg, Aestiva's Director of Technology. The world-wide "Slammer" virus attack is the latest in a long line of viruses to penetrate Microsoft's security infrastructure. "Aestiva products are Microsoft-free," says Silverberg. "We've established a squeaky-clean record on security." Aestiva products can be deployed on Windows operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. but do not rely on any of Microsoft's risk-prone DLLs. Aestiva HTML/OS is also deployed on operating systems such as Linux, Sun Solaris and BSDI BSDI - Berkeley Software Design, Inc. . Aestiva HTML/OS is best known as an easy-to-use web development platform. The HTML/OS database engine uses a security framework that includes advanced Automated Data Checking (ADC (1) See A/D converter. (2) (Apple Display Connector) A peripheral connector from Apple that combines digital video display, USB and power in one cable. ), a Vertically-Integrated Security Framework (VISF), and a Security-by-Default Design (SDD (Software Design Description) The architecture of an information system. See IDD. ) architecture making it among the most secure web development environments on the web. For more information on Aestiva HTML/OS visit Aestiva's web site at: Home page - http://www.aestiva.com About HTML/OS - http://www.aestiva.com/htmlos About security - http://www.aestiva.com/security Aestiva HTML/OS is available for Sun Solaris, BSDI, Linux, Mac OS X and Windows platforms. Aestiva HTML/OS retails for $999.00. About Aestiva, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control Founded in 1996, Aestiva is the developer and manufacturer of HTML/OS, a database engine designed specifically for deploying web-based applications. |
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