I highly recommend NetCrypto; NetCrypto (McAfee) for Windows works with the
existing TCP/IP stack ie: WRQ Reflections. This is accompliced by operating on
the windows DLL level. Ensuring that each session between each workstation is
encrypted, from the users perspective its transparent.
NetCrypto has a few options for encryption level, DES, Triple-DES and PC1.
However if used overseas you would have to use the 40 bit PC1 encryption to
comply with the US government's US ITAR regulations which controls the export
of encryption software.
Complete Network Security and Privacy
NetCrypto Protects Your Data from Prying Eyes
Consider the information being sent over your network: confidential
company data, electronic mail,
proprietary output, not to mention your name and password every time
you connect to a remote
server. All of this information is sent over your network, or over
the Internet, in plain clear text that
can be easily intercepted, examined or modified by anyone else on
the network.
Not any more. With NetCrypto, all of your network sessions,
including telnet, ftp, SQL, WWW,
email and so on, are transparently encrypted with industry-standard
strong encryption algorithms.
Only you and the program you're interacting with on the remote
server can see the decrypted
information. Anyone else sees nothing but random gobbledygook.
Transparent Protection
NetCrypto transparently protects all TCP/IP network traffic as it
travels between UNIX,
Windows, and Macintosh computers. It intercepts data coming from an
application, and applies
strong encryption before permitting them onto your network. On the
destination computer,
NetCrypto transparently decrypts the communications before passing
them up to the receiving
application.
Using an open-architecture security manager, NetCrypto employs a
variety of security technologies
to prevent snoopers from gathering user names, passwords,
transaction information, and other
sensitive data as they pass from one computer to another across your
networks or the Internet.
NetCrypto supports Windows, UNIX amd Macintosh systems with TCP/IP
networking.
Easy to Install, Maintain, and Use
NetCrypto is easy to install, maintain, and use. On Windows and
Macintosh systems, no
application or system modifications are required eliminating two
major impediments to
implementing secure networking. No user training is required, since
all encryption activities are
transparent to the end user. Full compatibility with a non-NetCrypto
machine is maintained, making
NetCrypto roll-out a snap, even for large sites.
Open Architecture to Support Standards
To cope with the wide range of emerging encryption standards,
NetCrypto provides and
open-architecture encryption manager into which new software modules
for encryption,
authentication, and filtering can be plugged. McAfee is committed to
working both independently
and with other interested third parties to support emerging
standards.
NetCrypto Benefits
By using NetCrypto, a company protects itself from the growing
number of network-based attacks
that result in downtime, leaked sensitive data, tampering, and other
costly security breaches.
Complementary security solutions such as firewalls and encrypting
routers protect data from one
site boundary to another, but NetCrypto provides true end-to-end
protection. This makes
NetCrypto particularly well suited not only to Internet remote
access situations, but also to intranet
applications within the enterprise.
Ubiquitous Secure Computing
NetCrypto provides straightforward, transparent, strong network
security, with an open
architecture that handles emerging security standards, and that
maintains full compatibility with non
NetCrypto equipped machines. NetCrypto is the first product to
reflect both the growing need for
integrated security and the need for an open architecture upon which
to base it. NetCrypto
provides the link between the existing world of unprotected
networked communications and the
new world of ubiquitous secure networking.
Features and Benefits
Encrypts All TCP/IP Traffic
Encrypting all network traffic ensures that any
communication you have over
your network is private and secure from eavesdropping.
Whether you're sending email, transferring files, or
browsing the web, all
information across the network remains confidential.
Because the traffic is encrypted at a system level,
separate packages are not
required for different types of TCP communication.
NetCrypto encrypts all
TCP traffic, including telnet, rlogin, email, WWW, SQL,
ftp, and so on.
Software Solution
No expensive hardware to purchase and install. The
software is easily
distributed across an entire network, making roll-out a
snap.
No System or Application Modifications
Promotes compatibility with future operating system
upgrades and
modifications. This also helps to prevent any conflicts
with existing software
that may require an unmodified operating system.
Since applications can be used without modifications in
most cases, NetCrypto
can be put to use immediately with your existing code.
Negligible Network Overhead
This means that NetCrypto will not slow your network down.
Programs that
use lots of network bandwidth can often slow your network
down, especially
on computers with slower processors. This does not happen
with NetCrypto.
System drop-in on Windows and Macintosh
The Windows and Macintosh versions of NetCrypto are
'set-and-forget'
systems that are transparent to the user.
This means that users can continue to use whatever
programs they have been
using for email, telnet, ftp, etc( No training or
relearning is required.
Available on Many Systems
Since NetCrypto operates on most UNIX platforms, Macintosh
systems, and
Windows 3.x, 95 and NT, you can be confident that all your
systems will be
protected.
Requires No Key Management
This greatly simplifies the administration of NetCrypto.
No external key
management server is required. Key management can be added
in the future
for authentication purposes, but it is not required.
Small Binary File
Makes for easy network - or disk based distribution.
Multiple Encryption Algorithms
Uses industry-standard encryption that meets most security
requirements
Supports DES, Triple DES, PC1 and Blowfish
Open Architecture
NetCrypto supports plug-in software modules from a variety
of vendors,
ensuring compatibility with future security technologies.
Compatible with Non-Encrypted Systems
NetCrypto is completely compatible with non-encrypted
TCP/IP systems.
When NetCrypto encounters a non-NetCrypto system at the
other end of a
network connection, it can, at your option, either connect
in a standard
non-encrypted fashion, or refuse the connection.
Expandable Features
NetCrypto currently encrypts all TCP network traffic, and
down the road,
you'll be able to add features such as authentication and
filtering to the
NetCrypto system, expanding it to fit your present and
future needs.
Anthony J. Commarata, CNE
Sr. Network Engineer
Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue
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