[Vms.sig-hu] Press Release - Process Software - Introduces Multinet 5.0 (fwd)

[Fodor Zsuzsa]

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Dátum: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 15:51:58 -0400
Feladó: Skonetski, Susan <susan.skonetski at hp.com>
Címzett: Skonetski, Susan <susan.skonetski at hp.com>
Tárgy: Press Release - Process Software - Introduces Multinet 5.0

My apologies to the fine folks at Process Software for the delay in
getting this out, I just simply thought I had already done it.  Process
Software is an OpenVMS Partner

Warm Regards,
Sue


PROCESS SOFTWARE INTRODUCES MULTINET 5.0
>Offers numerous security and performance feature enhancements
>
>Framingham, MA (July 12, 2004) -- Process Software, a premier 
supplier 
>of communications software solutions to mission-critical environments, 
>recently introduced a new release of MultiNet to the market that 
>provides additional security options to protect against unauthorized 
>network access, including intruders from the Internet.
>
>MultiNet 5.0 is a complete TCP/IP solution for OpenVMS software, 
which 
>provides a reliable backbone for running mission-critical applications 
>such as HP VAX and Alpha Systems. Version 5.0 includes new security 
>enhancements, such as IP Security (IPSEC) and Kerberos v5.0. Both 
>security enhancements provide strong encryption and authentication 
>options to protect organizations against a wide variety of security 
>breaches.  The MultiNet kernel has also been upgraded to BSD 4.4. 
This 
>upgrade not only improves the performance of the stack, but also 
>provides an additional mechanism to prevent DOS attacks through 
TCP SYN

>flooding. =20 "Security is critical to an organizations infrastructure 
>which is why MultiNet has offered many security features for years, 
>such as SSH servers and clients, packet filtering and access 
>restrictions.  With the release of MultiNet v5.0, customers have 
>additional options to choose from for securing their mission critical 
>applications," said Brian P. McDonald, president and CEO of Process 
>Software.
>
>In addition, MultiNet 5.0 offers Classless Inter-Domain Router (CIDR) 
>which assures large organizations of connectivity to their entire 
>network by allowing expansion of the available IP addresses, 
Gateway 
>Routing Daemon (GATED) determines the best route for a packet to 
travel

>by gathering and using various standard routing protocol information; 
>ODS-5 for NFS Server allows for long file names and a mixed case 
naming

>convention, and NTP v4.1.1 which is a protocol designed to 
synchronize 
>the clocks of computers over a network.
>
> Process Software is celebrating 20 years in business. "We value our 
>heritage and continue to serve our loyal customer base with new 
>releases.  Process Software is also planning to support MultiNet on the

>Itanium platform by the end of the year," said McDonald.
>
>About Process Software
>Process Software (www.process.com) was founded in 1984 and 
serves 
>thousands customers, including many Global 2000 and Fortune 1000 
>companies. Platinum Equity, LLC, one of the largest, fastest-growing 
>private buyout firms in the United States, acquired the company in 
>2000. Process software brands include, MultiNet and TCPware, a suite 
of

>TCP/IP applications and service for HP Alpha and VAX systems running 
>OpenVMS, PMDF, a high-performance standards-based Internet 
messaging 
>product suite, PreciseMail Anti-Spam Gateway, eliminates spam at the 
>Internet gateway, and SSH for OpenVMS, a client and server software 
>that provides secure encrypted communications for HP Alpha and VAX 
>systems running TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS. =20
>