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IBM ANNOUNCES NETWORK SECURITY PROGRAM
December 7, 1993
Every year, banking, government, financial, health care, research and
other industries lose nearly $2 billion due to computer security
infringements, according to industry estimates. To help businesses
protect sensitive or proprietary information, IBM Networking Software
Division introduces Network Security Program, a distributed
authentication and key-distribution program.
Network Security Program (NetSP) gives customers more security for
distributed applications and simplified, secure, network sign-on.
NetSP authenticates the identity of two communicating principals --
whether users or applications -- within the network. NetSP employs
a graphical user interface (GUI) for log-on. The security mechanism
then distributes secret "keys" to principals and generates a
password substitute that cannot be reused.
"There is a real need in the enterprise for secure log-on and
authentication of users and applications on diverse networks," said
Dr. Vijay Ahuja, network security products manager for IBM's
Networking Software Division. "NetSP simplifies those security
procedures for multi-platform and multi-protocol systems."
IBM's NetSP benefits client/server systems running distributed
applications that operate at the network layer, as well as large-
system customers with access to Resource Access Control Facility
(RACF*). NetSP provides a third-party authentication of credentials
of both the user at the client workstation and the program at the
application-server workstation. At the client workstation, users
sign on to RACF 3270 applications by clicking on the name of the
RACF application in a GUI menu. A secure password substitute is
generated to log them on, eliminating the need to type in passwords
or user IDs, or to maintain passwords in RACF systems.
IBM's NetSP supports the industry-standard GSSAPI (Generic Security
Services Application Program Interface), which allows programs to
access security technologies under the API. The technology used by
NetSP optimizes for network-layer applications, due to its small
tickets, flexible connectivity, and access to the security server. NetSP
is freely exportable because it does not provide a capability to
encrypt user data.
NetSP runs on AIX/6000*, DOS and OS/2* operating platforms and
supports TCP/IP, LU 6.2, and NetBIOS connections to the authentication
server. NetSP is intended to be compatible with and complementary to
IBM's OSF (Open Software Foundation) DCE (distributed computing
environment) offerings.
NetSP will be generally available January 28, 1994. NetSP is
priced according to usage-based tiers. Customers may contact their
IBM marketing representative for cost information.
# # #
* Indicates trademark or registered trademark of IBM Corporation
Corporation.