High-speed ATM encryptor, certified by NSA, runs at speeds of up to 2.5 Gbps
General Dynamics Communications Systems of Needham Heights, Mass., formerly GTE Government Systems Corp., is developing a high-speed asynchronous transfer mode encryptor for classified data at up to 2.5 Gbps.
Guard changes X.25 provider
The Coast Guard has switched its X.25 network linking 138 remote navigational facilities to Sprint Corp.
Firewalls
If your organization connects to the Internet, you should pay attention to your firewalls. You wouldn't leave your office door unlocked at night; neither should you leave your office's systems open to attack via the Internet.
INTERNAUT
Distributed service-denial attacks are the newest high-profile threat to Internet security. They can be the most difficult threat to fend off because new tools make it easy to attack from several locations using service pirated from other people's servers.
Air Force group sets five BPAs for networking products
Continuing its push to create specialized buying vehicles, the Air Force Standard Systems Group recently negotiated five two-year blanket purchasing agreements for networking products.
Protest resolved, Defense awards systems contract
The Defense Department recently awarded a contract for its triservice health care computing infrastructure, after a vendor settlement cleared the way.
Joint Chiefs raise bar on IT
Performance measurements are becoming a way of life in government in the wake of the National Performance Review and the Information Technology Management Reform Act.
SPSS software package gets Apple support for future Mac version
SPSS data analysis software, which ceased being developed for the Apple Macintosh platform in 1995, will come out in Version 10.0 for the forthcoming Mac OS X this summer.
Fujitsu will release enterprise hard drives for upgrades
Fujitsu Computer Products of America will sell its enterprise-level hard drives to users seeking to upgrade servers and workstations.
Panasonic Toughbooks come with USB port
SAN JOSE, Calif.'Billed as the first rugged, ultraportable computers running mainstream Microsoft Windows, the 3.8-pound Toughbook 17 and Toughbook 34 from Panasonic Personal Computer Co. integrate wireless communications.
CYBER EYE
Last month's distributed denial-of-service attacks upped the ante in the cybersecurity game, turning virtually every networked computer into a mission-critical machine.
In production: devices that make digital formats accessible anywhere sans PC
Distributed Internet devices now in the production pipeline will make a variety of digital formats accessible from almost anywhere.
Navy library hones search tool
The Naval Research Laboratory's Ruth H. Hooker Research Library recently launched Torpedo Ultra, a browser retrieval tool for the small institution's huge digital library.
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Microsoft posts patch for security vulnerability in Win 2000 server component
MARCH 1-In its first security bulletin for Windows 2000, Microsoft Corp. has warned of a vulnerability that could allow hackers to see server system logs and data files.
Compaq's Newgaard leaving March 10
FEB. 29—Gary Newgaard, vice president of Compaq Computer Corp.'s federal division, has resigned effective March 10.
Several federal sites rank among the most popular on the Web
FEB. 28—A dozen government Web sites rank among the 600 most popular on the Internet, according to a new survey by Media Metrix of New York, a company that measures Internet and digital media use.
Feds will monitor systems for leap year hiccups
FEB. 28—Today, the government's year 2000 teams begin their final systems watch. They will be on the lookout for systems that fail to recognize tomorrow's leap year date.
Boston man charged with hacking NASA, DLA computers
FEB. 24—Federal prosecutors yesterday charged a 28-year-old Boston man with breaking into and misusing computer systems run by NASA and the Defense Logistics Agency.
Security group offers a plan for defending against attacks
FEB. 24—On the heels of recent distributed denial-of-service attacks on commercial Web sites, a public-private security group has published a document to help organizations deal with systems security.
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