Bellcore Delivers Enhanced One-Time Password Security System.

MORRISTOWN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 27, 1997--

Easy-to-Use S/KEY(TM) System 2.6 Increases Protection of Computer

Networks From Unauthorized Users

Bellcore today announced that it has significantly improved its commercial software, the S/KEY(TM) system -- a one-time password authentication software product that provides authorized secure access to computer and telecommunications networks eliminating the need for a hardware token.

The new version, S/KEY System 2.6, has features that make the system easier to use, offers greater flexibility with an increased number of administrative options, and provides even greater security.

Bellcore is issuing Release 2.6 as part of a continuing strategy to use its in-depth knowledge and understanding of telecommunications technology to introduce a broad range of commercial products into the global market. As the developer behind most of the technologies that form the foundation for today's network, Bellcore has long been an expert in security-related issues and technology.

Bellcore's original S/KEY system was created as a result of the need to protect companies from having their employees' passwords stolen by outside users.

"Bellcore's enhanced version of the S/KEY system offers system administrators increased security, greater usability, and more options to allow them to specify additional parameters," said Milton Anderson, Bellcore's director of Enterprise Security. "Compared to other network security systems, like electronic cards, the S/KEY system offers a comparable level of security, is more convenient, and is less costly to implement. The S/KEY system is widely used in industry, government and academia because it is a cost-effective way to simplify network security."

Like the prior version, the S/KEY system works by employing a challenge response protocol and one-time password to protect the login process from unauthorized password disclosure through electronic eavesdropping. The software generates a new password at each login. This unique password never crosses the network and never is stored in either the client or the server machines.

Release 2.6 allows system administrators to create new profiles and set preferences, eliminates most of the manual cut-and-paste activities previously associated with retrieving the S/KEY system challenge and inserting the S/KEY system One-Time password, and can work on more client software applications, including Microsoft Windows(R) 3.1, 95, NT, 3.5 and 4.

The commercial version of the S/KEY system fully complies to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard for One Time Password as set in RFC 1938. The IETF standard was produced by a working group which Bellcore co-chaired.

The S/KEY system server and Windows client are available as toolkits for use by developers of system and terminal access servers and firewalls who wish to include the S/KEY one time password functionality in their products. S/KEY system servers are available for AIX(TM), HP-UX(R), SunOs(R), Solaris(R) and IRIX(R), as well as for Windows NT(R) platforms. S/KEY system clients are available for the above UNIX(R) platforms, for Macintosh(R) 7.X as well as in Win16 and Win32 versions for the Microsoft Windows platforms.

Bellcore, headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey, is a leading provider of communications software, engineering, and consulting services based on world-class research. Bellcore creates business solutions that make information technology work for telecommunications carriers, businesses and governments worldwide. Bellcore has sales offices throughout the United States and in Europe, Central and South America, and Asia Pacific. On November 21, 1996, SAIC (Science Applications International Corporation) announced that it has agreed to purchase Bellcore once requisite approvals have been obtained.

More information about the S/KEY system can be accessed online at http://www.bellcore.com/security/ products.html. More information about other Bellcore solutions and services can be found on its Web site at http://www.bellcore.com or by calling 1-800-521-CORE. -0- S/KEY is a trademark of Bellcore UNIX is a registered trademark licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Ltd. Windows NT and Microsoft Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Solaris and Sun Os are registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. AIX is a trademark of Internationals Business Machines Corp. HP-UX is a registered trademark of Hewlett-Packard Company MacIntosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. IRIX is a registered trademark of Silicon Graphics, Inc.

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