Ellen Messmer

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New tool prevents switch tampering

Portland, Ore.-based Tripwire Inc. has unveiled a management console designed to prevent unauthorized changes to Cisco Catalyst switches and routers by notifying network managers of tampering and automating restoration to original settings.

ISS: Security flaw affects six flavors of Unix

Internet Security Systems (ISS) Monday warned of a serious vulnerability that could leave Unix systems from Sun Microsystems Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI) , Compaq Computer Corp. and Caldera Systems Inc. open to attack.

ISS: Security flaw affects six flavors of Unix

Internet Security Systems (ISS) is warning of a serious vulnerability that could leave Unix systems from Sun Microsystems Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI), Compaq Computer Corp. and Caldera Systems Inc. open to attack.

ISS: Security flaw affects six flavors of Unix

Internet Security Systems (ISS) is warning of a serious vulnerability that could leave Unix systems from Sun Microsystems Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI), Compaq Computer Corp. and Caldera Systems Inc. open to attack.

Users put early anti-DDoS tools to test

Two enterprise network customers are the first to put Mazu Networks

Intrusion.com unveils line of firewall/VPN appliances

Intrusion.com Inc. last month unveiled a line of firewall/VPN appliances based on Check Point Software Technologies' VPN-1/Firewall-1...

Andes Networks looks to scale acceleration heights

Start-up Andes Networks Inc. last month began beta-testing hardware designed to greatly speed cryptographic processing used to safeguard Web transactions.

ISS checks wireless LAN vulnerabilities

Internet Security Systems Inc. last month announced it has expanded its security consulting practice to tackle vulnerabilities that may be associated with wireless LAN products from vendors that include Cisco Systems Inc., Lucent Technologies Inc., Nortel Networks Corp., 3Com Corp. and LinkSys Group Inc.

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