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- Nok Nok A/S - Vital Addition to AppleShare 3.0
-
- Contact:
- Trik, Inc.
- Throop Wilder
- 400 W. Cummings Park, Suite 2350
- Woburn, MA 01801
- Tel. (800) 466-TRIK
- Tel. (617) 933-8810
- Fax (617) 933-8648
- AppleLink - TRIK
- Internet - sales@trik.wilder.com
-
- AUSTIN, Texas – January 21, 1993 - Shipping since October 1992, Nok Nok A/S has
- proven to be a tremendously helpful tool for administrators of AppleShare 3.0
- servers.
-
- Nok Nok A/S addresses important security, accounting and performance issues on
- AppleShare 3.0 servers. Hailed by network and Macintosh administrators as a
- vital complement to the newly enhanced AppleShare 3.0, Nok Nok A/S performs
- such functions as detailed logging of connections, disconnection of idle users,
- unmasking of guest users, and alerting administrators of connections as they
- occur. It is also the first commercially available product to use new
- AppleShare 3.0 services which let developers enhance and extend the
- functionality of AppleShare.
-
- Like its companion product - Nok Nok for System 7 File Sharing - Nok Nok A/S
- fills a gap many corporate and university departmental administrators have long
- pointed to. While file servers have become critical resources, AppleShare has
- not always kept up with the attendant security and accounting concerns. Nok Nok
- A/S addresses these issues in the following ways:
-
- • Security •
- Although AppleShare provides a simple and effective form of anonymous
- connection known as Guest access, administrators frequently can’t tell who in
- fact is using the server and whether they should be worried. Several Trik
- customers have reported catching roving snoopers connecting to major servers
- and abusing their guest privileges. Nok Nok A/S watches as guests connect to an
- AppleShare server and determines their actually identity. It can then alert the
- administrator or merely create an entry in the Nok Nok A/S log.
-
- • Accounting •
- Information on guests and registered users, including net and node addresses,
- machine names, originating zones, and duration of connection provides
- administrators with extremely useful accounting and security data. Because the
- log is maintained in an easily exportable format, information gathered by Nok
- Nok A/S can be used to track departmental and individual usage statistics for
- charge-backs and budgetary justification.
-
- • Performance •
- Nok Nok A/S enhances AppleShare 3.0 performance by letting administrators set
- automatic disconnections based on a user’s total connect time or idle time.
- Thus, users who intend to connect for a few minutes but then forget to
- disconnect are automatically disconnected. The result is an efficient server
- which can devote its processor time to users who need its services most.
- Furthermore, by massaging the data in the Nok Nok A/S log, administrators can
- determine peak usage times and plan equipment purchases before servers get
- overloaded.
-
- • Lookout! •
- Trik also recently shipped its new utility called Lookout! which gives network
- administrators a quick glance at the security status of their AppleShare
- servers. By modifying the Chooser, Lookout! shows the user whether a server is
- an AppleShare, Personal Fileshare, or non-Mac server and whether guest access
- is enabled. In conjunction with Nok Nok A/S, it can also figure out the owner
- of the server.
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- Pricing and availability
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- Nok Nok A/S$295 per server (available now).
- Lookout! $49.95
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- This information is provided by the product's developer or distributor and
- constitutes neither an endorsement nor a recommendation by Apple Computer,
- Inc.. Apple assumes no responsibility with regard to selection, performance or
- use of this product. All understandings, agreements and warranties, if any,
- take place directly between the developer and the prospective user.
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