http://www.nfr.net/news/press/19990301-l0pht-filters.html NFR and L0pht to Deliver Best-of-Breed Intrusion Detection L0pht to use extensive knowledge of attack signatures to expand filter set for NFR software 01 March 1999 Washington, DC and Boston, MA Network Flight Recorder® (Bloomberg Ticker: 9022Z EQUITY) and L0pht Heavy Industries, Inc. today announced a strategic relationship that redefines the boundaries for cooperation in intrusion detection. In a partnership that combines the respected "white-hat" knowledge of attack signatures with the industry leading intrusion detection engine, L0pht will create a large set of backends for the NFR software. The backends, or filters, will provide users with real-time alerts for various types of intrusions and unwanted activity on their networks, including information gathering, denial of service, and network attacks. As soon as the NFR system is attached to the network, the new backends will begin watching for common and obscure attacks. New backends, which will be provided to users on a monthly basis, will watch for the latest attacks. Administrators can automatically push the new backends to remote NFR systems, without having to upgrade or modify any software. Because the backends will be written in N-Code, NFR's flexible open-standard traffic analysis specification language, users can examine and verify the underlying code, or modify them to match their internal security policies. Commenting on the partnership, Marcus J. Ranum, President and CEO of Network Flight Recorder, noted, "L0pht has an amazing depth of information about system vulnerabilities, and are the ideal source for cutting edge intrusion detection signatures. By adding their 'white-hat' knowledge to our existing capabilities, we have an unbeatable combination. Today, NFR is the most popular intrusion detection and monitoring system for many of our users based on its powerful customizable capabilities – with the formation of this partnership we further cement our lead in the industry." In a recent user poll, NFR soundly outperformed intrusion detection products from Axent (NASDAQ: AXNT), ISS (NASDAQ: ISSX), and Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO). "When real network managers and users rate your product as best, that’s satisfying," continues Ranum. "Our product shines where it matters the most: solving real problems and securing real networks for real network managers." "Having the ability to handle strange network traffic in a flexible manner and the ability to tweak even the lowest level components of the intrusion detection engine offers a functionality scope and comfort level that other products simply cannot attain," said Dr. Mudge of L0pht Heavy Industries, Inc. "In this field the consumer is really purchasing an elevation in ‘peace-of-mind’ about the way their network works. This cannot be done on blind faith alone. NFR was the only commercial package capable of being used for intrusion detection that released full source code to the academic community. Combine this with the network and computer security expertise that is found at L0pht and the history that L0pht has for being a ‘consumer watchgroup’ – the two companies working together on projects was a logical next step." Availability The L0pht intrusion detection backends will be included in the next commercial release of the NFR software, scheduled for availability in early second quarter 1999. NFR software can be purchased from certified NFR resellers worldwide. About Network Flight Recorder (NFR) Network Flight Recorder, with offices around the United States and resellers worldwide, is a leading developer of intrusion detection, network traffic, and network analysis tools. The flexibility of the NFR software provides effective local and distributed misuse detection solutions for small, medium, and large environments. NFR’s highly customizable technology is deployed at more than 1,000 sites worldwide, including financial institutions, government, military and intelligence agencies, and Fortune 500 firms. NFR news and company information can be found on The Bloomberg under the ticker symbol: 9022Z EQUITY and on the World Wide Web at http://www.nfr.net. About L0pht Heavy Industries, Inc. L0pht [L0PHT] Heavy Industries, Inc., has been recognized as a collection of some of the top hackers in the US. Since the early 90s, L0pht has acted as a consumer watchgroup and underground engineering team whose goal has been improving computer and network security while educating users, programmers, and corporations. In 1997, L0pht released their Windows NT password-auditing tool, L0phtCrack, which quickly became the defacto standard auditing tool for both government and the commercial sector. On May 18, 1998, they presented expert testimony to the United States Senate on government systems security. The L0pht has appeared in Wired Magazine, Byte Magazine, various academic journals, BBC, The Washington Post, and numerous other publications. http://www.L0pht.com. Contact Network Flight Recorder Barnaby Page 202.662.1400 barnaby_pageat_private L0pht Heavy Industries http://www.l0pht.com [L0PHT] pressat_private -o- Subscribe: mail majordomoat_private with "subscribe isn". Today's ISN Sponsor: Internet Security Institute [www.isi-sec.com]
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