Elron Firewall Prevents Back Orifice Hacker Attack.CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 20, 1998--Elron Software, Inc. announced today that Elron Firewall--rated one of the top firewalls in the worldwide market by International Data Corporation (IDC)(1)--provides protection against Back Orifice A program that installs itself on a Windows machine as a server, allowing a cracker with the client counterpart to manipulate the machine more completely than the user at the keyboard. It can come in the form of a Trojan or ActiveX control. attacks. Back Orifice, introduced at the Def Con For other uses, see Defcon (disambiguation). DEF CON (also written as DEFCON or Defcon) is the world's largest annual hacker convention, held every year in Las Vegas, Nevada. The first DEF CON took place in June 1993. Hackers Conference this month in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , is a new hacking tool A hacking tool is a program designed to assist with hacking, or a legitimate utility that can also be used for hacking. Examples include Nmap, Nessus Remote Security Scanner, John the Ripper, SuperScan, p0f, and Winzapper[1]. capable of exploiting Windows 95 and Windows 98 systems. Users of Back Orifice search for open ports to gain access to internal network servers or workstations via their IP addresses. The Back Orifice hacker tool consists of two parts: a client application which can be loaded onto an internal server using discovered open ports, i.e., 'piggy-backing' on authorized network traffic; and a remote control application which allows the hacker to take complete control of any computer on which the client application was loaded. According to an article in the August 17th issue of PC Week, companies looking to prevent these attacks should "limit points of entry through firewalls, limit file access rights to systems, and upgrade at-risk systems to Windows NT." With Elron Firewall, network administrators are able to restrict network access to authorized users and selected applications, as well as 'mask' or 'translate' internal IP addresses from the Internet. Elron Firewall's Stateful Multi-Layer Inspection (SMLI SMLI Stateful Multi-Layer Inspection ) technology tracks packets at the port and application layers, and does not permit any applications through the firewall unless they have been specifically enabled. Network Address Translation (NAT (Network Address Translation) An IETF standard that allows an organization to present itself to the Internet with far fewer IP addresses than there are nodes on its internal network. ), which is included in Elron Firewall's base price, offers added protection by masking all internal network addresses with a secure firewall IP address. Back Orifice is therefore unable to access a port or internal IP address and is incapable of loading onto a network server. To Download a Trial Elron Firewall for NT is available through Elron Software's "30-Day Free Trial" program. To receive information about any of Elron Software's products, including a free trial of Elron Firewall (please use the password PR2227), visit (www.elronsoftware.com). Trial copies can also be ordered via email to (info@elronsw.com) or by calling toll-free (800) 406-5833. About Elron Software, Inc. Elron Software Inc. is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Company develops, sells, and supports network management products for Microsoft (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ) Windows NT, Novell (NASDAQ:NOVL NOVL Novell, Inc. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ) NetWare, and Internet-connected networks. Elron Software Inc. is a private, wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of Elron Electronic Industries Ltd, a $1.2 billion multinational company headquartered in Israel. (1) 1997 Worldwide Firewall Market study, International Data Corporation.
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