CRYPTOCard Announces CRYPTOAdmin 4.0 for Upgrading Organizations to Strong Authentication; Multi-environment Platform Automates Challenge-Response Process to Be User Transparent.KANATA, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 14, 1999-- CRYPTOCard today announced CRYPTOAdmin(tm) 4.0 with a new enhancement that makes strong authentication as easy as entering name and password. The token management platform now also features embedded support for the VTCP/Secure(tm) 4.0 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. from InfoExpress, Inc. - providing a simple, secure, and affordable solution for worldwide access to corporate information. New CRYPTOAgents automate the challenge-response process for software tokens so users simply start the token, enter their personal token credentials (ID and PIN), and are authenticated. In the background, the system ensures that the password used to enter the network is unique, used only once, and immediately discarded. This system is fully integrated into third-party products like the VPN from InfoExpress - creating, in this case, an extremely simple, secure, and affordable extranet-friendly VPN. This particular solution is further detailed in a formal joint announcement released today. "Organizations today are choosing software tokens for user convenience, and we take that benefit a few steps further with the CRYPTOAgents," says Stephen D. Seal, vice president of development and support for CRYPTOCard. "The vision for CRYPTOAdmin continues to be enabling companies to affordably and seamlessly add strong, easy to use and administer, token-based authentication that simultaneously decreases the high helpdesk cost and security risks associated with static passwords." CRYPTOAdmin plugs into security and access servers allowing organizations to integrate strong, token-based authentication throughout a mix of ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. , dial-up, and intranet environments. The software is used with any RADIUS/TACACS+ compliant server or application and integrates seamlessly with CRYPTOCard-enabled software, including: --Cisco Systems' CiscoSecure ACS (Asynchronous Communications Server) See network access server. (includes CRYPTOAdmin at no additional cost), --VTCP/Secure 4.0 from InfoExpress, Inc., --Steel-Belted Radius(R) from Funk Software, Inc., --Firebox(R) II from WatchGuard Technologies, Inc., and --CRYPTOCard's easyRADIUS(tm) 4.0 authentication server A device used in network access control. It stores the usernames and passwords that identify the clients logging in, or it may hold the algorithms for token access (see authentication token). (now included with CRYPTOAdmin 4.0). Additional features to release 4.0 include multi-lingual support for RB-1 and ST-1 tokens, as well as platform support for Linux, AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. and FreeBSD. There is no annual license or maintenance fee for CRYPTOAdmin 4.0 or CRYPTOCard tokens. CRYPTOCard tokens do not expire and, therefore, need be deployed only once. Software tokens can be reissued to new users without the need to recover or repurchase keys. CRYPTOAdmin's client-server architecture client-server architecture Architecture of a computer network in which many clients (remote processors) request and receive service from a centralized server (host computer). allows for centralized user authentication See authentication. with de-centralized administration. It shares and immediately updates user database files in tandem Adv. 1. in tandem - one behind the other; "ride tandem on a bicycle built for two"; "riding horses down the path in tandem" tandem with access and security servers throughout the enterprise. CRYPTOAdmin 4.0 is the platform for the company's array of tokens: the RB-1 portable card, the ST-1 (client-server) and AT-1 (web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. ) 100% an event-synchronous method of authentication called QuickLog(tm). Based on the world standard Data Encryptiontication system is based on two-factor authentiword complexity standards with users. Moreover,IX and FreeBSD and the client software runs on Windows 95/98/NT, Redhat Linux 5.x, FreeBSD, Solaris, and AIX.B-1 has a suggested retail price of $79US and tsyRADIUS and QuickLog are trademarks of CRYPTOCard. VTCP/Secure 4.0 is a trademark of InfoExpress, Inc. Steel-Belted Radius is a registered trademark of Funk Software, Inc. Firebox is a registered trademark of WatchGuard Technologies, Inc. Sun, Sun Microsystems, Java, Solaris, and JDK (Java Development Kit) A Java software development environment from Sun. It includes the JVM, compiler, debugger and other tools for developing Java applets and applications. Each new version of the JDK adds features and enhancements to the language. are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc. in the United States and other countries. Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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