Baltimore SelectAccess Introduces Support for Critical Path's Directory Server.Business/Technology Editors BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 2001 Baltimore Technologies Baltimore Technologies was an internet security firm founded in 1976 by Michael Purser. It was acquired in 1996 by a team financed by Dermot Desmond and led by Fran Rooney, who became CEO. , (London: BLM BLM n abbr (US) (= Bureau of Land Management) → les domaines ), a global leader in e-security, today announced that it is teaming with Critical Path(TM), Inc. (Nasdaq: CPTH), a global leader in communication technology and complete messaging solutions for wireless and wireline carriers, service providers and corporations, to integrate its Internet access See how to access the Internet. and authorization management software, SelectAccess(TM), with the CP Directory Server, a carrier-class LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) A protocol used to access a directory listing. LDAP support is implemented in Web browsers and e-mail programs, which can query an LDAP-compliant directory. directory for enterprise e-business environments. The introduction of this CP Directory Server integration now provides SelectAccess users with increased flexibility in selecting an LDAP directory to support their access control and authorization systems. The CP Directory Server provides superior security, scalability and data distribution functionality to support mission critical directory services and applications. With interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. for six leading LDAP directories, SelectAccess' offers market-leading support that provides superior flexibility for its customers and greatly reduces implementation time. "Critical Path's CP Directory Server is a comprehensive LDAP directory created to manage all the critical components of an authorization management environment," said Sue Barsamian, senior vice president of Product Marketing for Critical Path. "SelectAccess is well regarded for its ease-of-use and flexibility. We are pleased that integration with our directory is now making it even easier for customers to deploy and manage across large scale infrastructures." SelectAccess was designed from the ground up to take advantage of an organization's existing LDAP directory to the greatest extent possible, an approach that is unique in the industry. As a result, SelectAccess provides the industry's most sophisticated directory integration including automatic resource discovery, dynamic role-based user management and privilege inheritance. In addition, SelectAccess leverages the directory for storage of resources and plug-ins, user policies and system configurations. The complete adoption of Critical Path's LDAP technology by SelectAccess allows organizations to deploy and manage users and resources more efficiently, while fully capitalizing on their LDAP investment. "SelectAccess' ever-increasing LDAP directory support provides Baltimore customers with greater flexibility in constructing access control and authorization systems," said Joyce Fai, vice president, Authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. and Authorization Solutions, Baltimore Technologies. "SelectAccess' open, XML-based architecture ensures that it is the easiest access control and authorization solution to deploy and manage. Further broadening its compatibility to include technologies like the CP Directory Server was a logical next step." Baltimore SelectAccess allows businesses to easily manage user access to portals and extranets and determine the business transactions users are authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: to perform. SelectAccess accomplishes this by building and updating user groups in real-time - utilizing information accessible in the system or obtained through Web forms. In addition, SelectAccess provides an exceptionally intuitive and easy-to-manage interface, allowing organizations to almost effortlessly ef·fort·less adj. Calling for, requiring, or showing little or no effort. See Synonyms at easy. ef  fort·less·ly adv. delegate A person who is appointed, authorized, delegated, or commissioned to act in the place of another. Transfer of authority from one to another. A person to whom affairs are committed by another.A person elected or appointed to be a member of a representative assembly. authority and provide fine-grained access control. As a result, SelectAccess empowers an organization's customers, employees and partners to conduct business online, thus saving time and money. Recent third-party evaluations also confirm that SelectAccess delivers exceptional scalability and performance when compared to similar products. In January 2001, eWEEK, awarded SelectAccess the winning score in an in-depth competitive evaluation. In addition, Mindcraft(TM), an independent testing lab, recently gave SelectAccess the highest results for speed and scalability in tests designed to mirror real-world corporate environments, surpassing the performance results of all other products that have undergone comparable evaluations. For more information on Baltimore SelectAccess, please visit www.baltimore.com/selectaccess. About Critical Path, Inc. Critical Path, Inc. (Nasdaq: CPTH) is a global leader in communication technology and complete messaging solutions for wireless and wireline carriers, service providers and corporations through its integrated platform of messaging applications and directory infrastructure. Critical Path is headquartered in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , with offices throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe, Asia and Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. . More information on Critical Path can be found at http://www.cp.net/. About Baltimore Technologies Baltimore Technologies' products, services and solutions solve the fundamental security and trust needs of e-business, ensuring that companies can verify the identity of who they are doing business with and which resources and information users can access on open networks. Many of the world's leading organizations have chosen Baltimore's e-security technology to conduct business more efficiently and cost effectively over the Internet and wireless networks. The company also offers support worldwide for its authorization management and Public Key based authentication systems The combination of authentication server and authenticator, which may be separate devices or both reside in the same unit such as an access point or network access server. The authentication server contains a database of user names, passwords and policies, and the authenticator physically . Baltimore's products and services are sold directly and through its worldwide partner network, Baltimore TrustedWorld. Baltimore Technologies is a public company, principally trading on the London Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses. (BLM). For more information on Baltimore Technologies please visit http://www.baltimore.com. Legal Notice Certain statements that are not historical facts including certain statements made over the course of this document may be forward-looking in nature. Such forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. 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