Sandstorm Hits a Home Run with NetIntercept 3.0 & PhoneSweep 5.0 Releases.MALDEN, Mass. -- Updated systems, better performance and a slew of new features continue to establish Sandstorm's "tools with sharp edges(R)" as world class. Sandstorm Enterprises, Inc. has released NetIntercept(R) 3.0 and PhoneSweep(R) 5.0, new, robust versions of our premier products. The award-winning NetIntercept 3.0 (Secure Enterprise's Best Value) contains many new recognizers and speed improvements and new hardware configurations that take advantage of SATA (Serial ATA) A serial version of the ATA (IDE) interface, which has been the de facto standard hard disk interface for desktop PCs for more than two decades. The original Parallel ATA (PATA) interface was launched in 1986. disk technology. PhoneSweep continues to dominate the war-dialing space with new customer requested features, and rack-mount bundled systems. NetIntercept 3.0 includes features that increase its speed and interoperability with other network operations products. NetIntercept now recognizes SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) A widely used network monitoring and control protocol. Data are passed from SNMP agents, which are hardware and/or software processes reporting activity in each network device (hub, router, bridge, etc. traps sent from network equipment, and integrates trap detection with its automatic operations functionality. We have also achieved significantly faster capture and database creation times, and added audit logging to watch the watcher. NetIntercept 3.0 also recognizes DICOM (medical, standard) DICOM - (From Digital Imaging and COmmunications in Medicine) A standard developed by ACR-NEMA (American College of Radiology - National Electrical Manufacturer's Association) for communications between medical imaging devices. (important for HIPPA Hip´pa n. 1. (Zool.) A genus of marine decapod crustaceans, which burrow rapidly in the sand by pushing themselves backward; - called also bait bug ltname>. See Illust. under Anomura. compliance), SIP, SLP (Server Location Protocol), SSDP (Simple Service Discovery Protocol) The Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) protocol that finds UPnP services on the network. The description of services returned from an SSDP request may also include a URL that provides additional information. See UPnP and SLP. , MSN Messenger, MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). , MDNS, PPTP, WMF, X509, and XMPP protocols, giving NetIntercept the continuing ability to decode more types of traffic than other network forensic devices. The NetIntercept GUI is faster and easier to use with a new integrated Reports tab, customizable reports, and an Email View window. The Session List window now also lists "interesting events" that happened for the group of connections shown. New features in PhoneSweep 5.0 includes handling for hosts with EVEN/ODD parity, additional characters allowed in dialing strings, modem reset functionality and a new timeout redial feature. The PhoneSweep Plus 8, Plus 12 and Plus 16 systems contain Merged Reports and Control Center mode availability. In this release more System IDs are recognized, the delay between calls feature has expanded functionality and profile load times are much faster. About Sandstorm Enterprises(R) Sandstorm Enterprises, based in Malden, Massachusetts, provides "tools with sharp edges"(R) to information security professionals. Sandstorm sandstorm, strong dry wind blowing over the desert that raises and carries along clouds of sand or dust often so dense as to obscure the sun and reduce visibility almost to zero; also known as a duststorm. develops aggressive software products for network monitoring, network forensics analysis, and security auditing including telephone scanning. PhoneSweep is the first commercial multi-line wardialer, and is used in over 55 countries. Visit us on the Web at www.sandstorm.net. |
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