Peer-to-Peer Computing Gets Its Chief Security Architect.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers IRVINE, Calif. & READING, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 4, 2001 Endeavors Technology Inc., leader in open-source, peer-to-peer (P2P See peer-to-peer and point-to-point. ) Web software for Internet-enabled devices, today announces the appointment of Stephen Schwab as its chief security architect. The appointment recognizes the need for the P2P movement to address security issues as a central element of this new direction in computing technology, and reflects Endeavors Technology's leadership role in creating the enabling software architecture. Schwab brings to Endeavors Technology and the P2P sector extensive expertise in the development of high-performance, high-confidence systems software and network engineering. He comes to Endeavors from the recent DARPA DARPA: see Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) The name given to the U.S. Advanced Research Projects Agency during the 1980s. It was later renamed back to ARPA. active networks project. DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), U.S. government agency administered by the Department of Defense (see Defense, United States Department of). , was the agency that funded the world's most commonly used networking protocols. Sponsored projects include IP, TCP (1) (Transmission Control Protocol) The reliable transport protocol within the TCP/IP protocol suite. TCP ensures that all data arrive accurately and 100% intact at the other end. , Ethernet, and SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) The standard e-mail protocol on the Internet and part of the TCP/IP protocol suite, as defined by IETF RFC 2821. SMTP defines the message format and the message transfer agent (MTA), which stores and forwards the mail. . At The Aerospace Corporation, Schwab led the early adoption of ATM networking technology for LANs, WANs and satellite (global) networks, first by utilizing ATM networks within the DARPA-sponsored Compositional C++/Nexus projects, then co-leading architecture development and start-up of the Pacific Bell California Research and Education Network ARC project, and finally demonstrating production-ready applications on a number of national and global-scale ATM networks. He has also conducted research in operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. , distributed systems Distributed systems (computers) A distributed system consists of a collection of autonomous computers linked by a computer network and equipped with distributed system software. , parallel algorithms and parallel architecture. At Network Associates, he was principal investigator Noun 1. principal investigator - the scientist in charge of an experiment or research project PI scientist - a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences for the DARPA/NSA Advanced Security Proxies (ASP) project, and the DARPA-sponsored AMP project. The ASP project is investigating the problem of designing and implementing a firewall for ATM OC-12 and other high-speed network technologies. Utilization of extensible operating systems and custom hardware accelerators is being investigated within this project. The ASP firewall prototype uses the Scout operating system, centered around the abstraction of network-centric paths composed of a sequence of protocol-specific software modules. The AMP project is demonstrating the use of an Exokernel as the basis for a nodal Having to do with nodes. See node. NODAL - Interpreted language implemented on Norsk Data's NORD-10 computers. Used by CERN and DESY high energy physics labs to control their accelerator hardware, PADAC and SEDAC. Included trackball input, graphics. operating system for the larger Active Networks program that enables active code to be executed securely, safely, and with high performance. Active Networks support end-user programmability of routers via transport and execution of mobile code within interior network routers. In order to protect the network from malicious user code, AMP controls access through the use of hierarchically-named user identifiers, similar to capabilities, that permits efficient revocation of access rights. "There are very few people in the world with Steve's mix of security expertise, leading-edge Internet innovation, forest-level view and tree-level hands-on technical skills," said author and consultant John Sebes, one of the Internet's top experts on information security. "Endeavors Technology is very lucky to have someone not just with those skills but also the entrepreneurial spirit and the drive to ensure that global P2P deployment is not just done with security, but with security that is done right to fit a complex set of business, technology, and engineering requirements." Brian Morrow, president and chief operations officer of Endeavors Technology, comments: "By 2004, over one billion web-enabled devices will rely on peer-to-peer technology as the hub for business workflow. Stephen Schwab brings a wealth of expertise and experience to ensure that Endeavors Technology's Magi suite software can guarantee the security and integrity of private Peer-to-Peer communities." More On Magi Magi peer-to-peer technology enables organizations, groups and individuals to find, share and act upon information anywhere, at any time, by making the power of a Web server available on any Internet-enabled device. Its open, standards-based application platform incorporates automated e-process agents that enable event-driven, multi-way communications between servers, PCs, PDAs, Internet-ready phones and embedded chips. The Magi suite of tools grew from research carried out at the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). Irvine, partly funded by the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency Defense Advanced Research Project Agency - Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and integrates Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) technology. A P2P architecture white paper can be accessed at http://www.endtech.com/html/Architecture.html. About Endeavors Technology Endeavors Technology is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of mobile computing and network infrastructure vendor Tadpole tadpole, larval, aquatic stage of any of the amphibian animals. After hatching from the egg, the tadpole, sometimes called a polliwog, is gill-breathing and legless and propels itself by means of a tail. Technology plc (www.tadpole.com), which has plants and offices in Irvine and Carlsbad (California), and Cambridge, Edinburgh, Bristol and Reading (UK). For further information on Endeavors' P2P solutions, call 949/833-2800, email to info@endtech.com, or visit the company's Web site www.endtech.com |
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