VeriSign security service expanded for apps, databases
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VeriSign says it's expanding the log-management service to collect raw data or just the security-related events pertaining to applications and databases of corporate customers.
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New software will let users securely access enterprise networks and data from handheld devices with two-factor authentication.
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Revamped Google Desktop improves security, adds preview and 'sidebar.'
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VeriSign and America Online on Tuesday announced plans to showcase software for &quot;safe chat rooms&quot; this December. The safe chat room will use authentication technology to verify a child&#39;s age.
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(InfoWorld) - VeriSign plans to invest $100 million over three years to expand tenfold the DNS (domain name system) infrastructure it operates for the .com and .net top-level domains. The DNS is a multitier system that translates the names given to Internet hosts, such as www.infoworld.com, into numerical addresses. The part VeriSign plans to expand, the top tier, indicates where to find answers for addresses in the .com and .net domains. If it fails, or slows, many Internet services break or falter. This happened on Tuesday, whenÂ attackers disruptedÂ the operations of root DNS servers operated by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and the U.S. Department of Defense. "We're going to make that kind of attack harder against our services," said Ken Silva, VeriSign's chief security officer, on Thursday. Although VeriSign's investment will make the DNS more resistant to such attacks, "This isn't just about the attacks, this is about keeping ahead of the pace of network growth," he added. Services such as Internet telephony or video delivery rely heavily on the DNS infrastructure, and are more susceptible to variations in its performance than applications such as Web browsing. An additional 40 millisecond delay in providing an address might not be noticeable to Web surfers, but it can have a big effect on VOIP (voice over Internet Protcol) operators, Silva said. Through a project known as Titan, VeriSign will reinforce its DNS infrastructure in two ways. The first will be to increase server and bandwidth capacity tenfold at around 20 existing sites, taking bandwidth from 20GbpsÂ to over 200Gbps. The changes will allow VeriSign to respond to over 4 trillion DNS queries a day, from 400 billion today. VeriSign will also expand the number of sites where it operates DNS servers to around 100, Silva said. Those extra sites will bring the DNS closer to regional network operators in countries such as Ireland, one of the trial sites for VeriSign's new infrastructure. There, it has peered with many of the local network operators, so the DNS requests of Irish Internet users don't have to travel halfway across Europe to be resolved: they are dealt with on the spot. VeriSign already operates regional sites in Brazil, China, Egypt, Kenya and South Korea, and plans to open sites in Chile, Germany, India and South Africa, among others. In addition to improving performance, these changes will make the system more secure by restricting the effects of attacks such as the one seen Tuesday to a smaller geographic area, Silva said. VeriSign expects the number of attacks launched over the Internet to increase in size and scope by 50 percent a year over the next two years. Even without an increase in the number of attacks, VeriSign faces a significant challenge in keeping all its DNS servers up to date and in step with one another. Much of the theoretical work on that was begun in another project, Atlas, in 2002, Silva said. "It has gotten to the point where we can now go for scalability," he added. VeriSign has developed new "zone push" techniques to distribute database changes, and will use a VPN (virtual private network) and dedicated data connections to ensure server updates are not disrupted, Silva said. Stratton Sclavos, VeriSign's CEO, is due to provide more details on the company's Titan project in a keynote address at theÂ RSA ConferenceÂ in San Francisco at 2 p.m. Pacific Time on Thursday. Â
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Veritas has retooled its OpForce management software to improve the way the code works with its existing products and to make it easier for administrators to control applications.
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Upgraded version of this encryption app adds plenty of tools for networked users.
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New service offers spam, virus filtering for small and mid-sized businesses.
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Microsoft has included new security-related APIs in soon-to-be-released service packs for Windows Vista and XP to expand the use of Data Execution Prevention, an anti-exploit technology.
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VeriSign on Thursday announced it would update the domain name servers for the .com and .net domains every few seconds rather than just twice a day to speed up Web site launches and limit disruption when changing hosting services.
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Strengthining its utility computing software, Veritas Software on Monday released an upgrade to its server provisioning product called OpForce.
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Company releases a key-management product aimed at helping companies manage encrypted systems more efficiently.
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Company's subscription services now include an array of security tools, including the basics.
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Thursday's alpha 8 release exposes several new security features to the public for the first time.
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VeriSign Inc said yesterday that it is now offering voice over IP service providers with access to its SS7 signaling network, allowing them to outsource the process of connecting their networks to regular telecommunications carriers.
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VeriSign Inc. VRSN.O and a  children's safety group unveiled a new technology on Thursday  that they said would make it easier for children to avoid child  predators online.
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(Source: VeriSign)  In today's complex Web-based world, threats to your company are more damaging than ever. But these threats don't always come from the outside. Instead, they often come from your very own employees. How can a company adequately defend itself? Learn how VeriSign iDefense Security Intelligence Services can help.