Conference gyro::internet_toolss

4441.0. "AV Firewall security enhaced" by LEMAN::16.44.48.222::denges::wenger () Mon Feb 03 1997 03:11

28Jan97 USA: INTERNET SECURITY GETS TIGHTER - FINJAN SOFTWARE TO ENHANCE 
JAVA APPLET PROTECTION FOR ALTAVISTA FIREWALL. 

Booth 400, RSA data security conference, San Francisco San Francisco, Jan. 
28 /prnewswire/ Finjan software, the leading provider of independent 
Java(tm) security solutions, today announced intentions to work with 
Digital Equipment Corporation on enhancing Internet security. The goal is 
to integrate Finjan's Surfingate(tm) patent pending technology, which scans 
and examines Java applet byte code at the enterprise gateway level, with 
Digital�s Altavista(tm) Firewall technology, which scans and examines 
TCP/IP Packets. Together, the two kinds of security checks would offer 
powerful protection to Internet and intranet users accessing the growing 
realm of on-line information, and the move strengthens the level of 
security available to corporate security managers. "Finjan's patent pending 
Surfingate technology protects Internet and Intranet users from the various 
threats generated by hostile applets, and we look forward to working with a 
recognized leader such as Digital," said Shlomo Touboul, CEO of Finjan 
software. "together, Surfingate and the Altavista Firewall can enhance the 
performance of Internet security solutions by optimizing their 
complementary security technologies."
In today's world of Internet downloadables, Mini-applications like Java 
applets enter network computers temporarily when users access Java-enabled 
web sites or use Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator(tm) 3.0. According 
To a recent Infoworld survey, one out of every three sites on the web is 
Java-enabled, and it is estimated there are more than 20 million people 
using Java-enabled web browsers such as Internet Explorer(tm) and Netscape 
Navigator. While
this downloadable computing greatly expands on-line services, it also opens 
new security holes by automatically allowing unchecked applets into the 
network without any warning, announcement, or even opportunity for users to 
refuse them. Firewalls such as the Altavista Firewall can block Java 
applets, but only Surfingate technology specializes in Java applet attacks 
that can bypass built-in security systems like the Java security manager. 
Surfingate protects intranet and Internet users from automatically 
downloaded hostile Java applets that carry out malicious attacks, including 
industrial espionage, e-mail fraud, resource theft, or unnoticed alteration 
of information, among many other problematic and counterproductive 
activities. Surfingate closely examines all Java applet content with patent 
pending scanning
technology, assigns an applet security profile, and allows users to choose 
what applet activities are allowed or denied accordingly. Surfingate 
technology benefits:

- intelligently scans and analyzes all downloadable content, whether signed 
or unsigned
- protects entire corporate network from undesired applets at the gcat 
gateway level, before a security risk can reach the intranet 
- manages a hierarchical multi-level security policy for departments, 
groups and individual users within the corporate entity
- allows internet/intranet users more access to on-line services by 
providing private applet security.

Finjan Software Ltd. is the leading provider of multi-layer security 
solutions for the new world of Internet/intranet downloadables. Finjan 
solutions protect enterprise and stand-alone computer resources from the 
potential risks of downloadables such as Java applets. Surfingate patent 
Pending technology is available at Finjan�s web site, 
http://www.finjan.com.