File Signature Database.The File Signature Database (FSDB FSDB Florida School for the Deaf and Blind FSDB Filesystem Database FSDB Finance Service Delivery Branch ) from Tripwire trip·wire n. 1. A wire stretched near ground level to trip or ensnare an enemy. 2. A wire or line that activates a weapon, trap, or camera, for example, when pulled. 3. Inc. is designed to bring to market a heterogeneous collection of known-good file data. Charter members HP, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , InstallShielid Software Corporation, RSA Security RSA, The Security Division of EMC Corporation, is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts, and maintains offices in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Singapore, India, and Japan. RSA organizes the annual RSA conference. and Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , Inc. join the initiative to advance open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced and methods that address increasing customer demand for more secure, reliable and cost-effective computing solutions. The initiative is open to all OS, application and infrastructure vendors and is gaming support from other technology companies and organizations. Comment: The FSDB is a repository of file meta data derived from published software allowing customers to identify, authenticate and assure the integrity of files. It will provide the capability to enhance proactive management of change through granular file dependency structure. Assuring the integrity of file data, it is claimed customers will reduce systems management vulnerabilities and increase business efficiency. The FSDB is currently populated with more than 11 million known-good file signatures. The database consists of 'born-on' file information, including file name and digital hash values, which provides a unique file 'signature' archive crossing multiple operating systems and applications programs. The charter members will be systematically populating the database with new file information as new software is manufactured and released. At its core is a relational database capable of storing large volumes of file information submitted by the participating software publishers and accessible to any licensed application with proper credentials. www.tripwire.com |
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