HITACHI SYSTEMS CHOOSES SSH IPSEC TOOLKIT FOR VPN DEVELOPMENT.SSH Communications Security SSH Communications Security is a Finnish company that is based in Helsinki and was founded by Tatu Ylönen in 1995. It is known as the original developer of the Secure Shell protocol and it currently has about 80 employees. (HEX:SSH (Secure SHell) A security protocol for logging into a remote server. SSH provides an encrypted session for transferring files and executing server programs. Also serving as a secure client/server connection for applications such as database access and e-mail, SSH supports a 1V), a developer of Internet security technologies, and Hitachi Systems and Services has announced that Hitachi has licensed SSH IPSEC Express toolkit for its desktop solutions. Hitachi Systems will use SSH's award-winning IPSec (Internet Protocol Security) technology to develop tailor-made 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. (Virtual Private Network) client systems. Until now, Hitachi Systems has been involved in building and marketing VPN systems based on network security products supplied by NetScreen. Faced with a new requirement for special customer-oriented VPN client systems, Hitachi Systems turned to the SSH toolkit, which will ensure shortened development times, as well as easy interoperability with other firms' VPN gateways, including the NetScreen VPN gateway. "SSH is delighted to partner with Hitachi Systems to provide solutions to secure the Internet. Companies understand that they need both security and reliability when using Internet technology, be it for business or leisure purposes," said J. B. Dumerc, president & CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of SSH Japan. IPSec is an IETF See Internet Engineering Task Force. IETF - Internet Engineering Task Force (Internet Engineering Task Force (c/o Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI), Reston, VA, www.ietf.org) Founded in 1986, the IETF is a non-membership, open, voluntary standards organization dedicated to identifying problems and opportunities in IP data networks and proposing technical solutions to the ) standard for protecting IP traffic using cryptography on the packet level. This Internet protocol is the predominant security technology used in VPNs. A driving force for IPSec, VPNs allow users to establish secure data communications between multiple networks or network devices using insecure public networks such as the Internet. SSH's IPSec solutions are one of the leading toolkits for IPSec implementations in secure local and global communications. The company's latest product, SSH IPSEC Express Toolkit 4.0, adds scalable, strong security to IP networks, with additional support for the VxWorks operating system, as well as for the industry's latest Internet and industry standards such as IPv6, enhanced PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) A framework for creating a secure method for exchanging information based on public key cryptography. The foundation of a PKI is the certificate authority (CA), which issues digital certificates that authenticate the identity of (Public Key Infrastructure), and the new Rijndael cryptography standard. With SSH IPSEC 4.0, enterprise customers are ensured a high level of security, with considerable savings in product development time and delivery. |
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