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PR: SoftWings Enterprises Caminet (secure comms)
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Sun Mar 3 22:08:41 1996
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Date: 3 Mar 1996 15:16:19 GMT
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"SoftWings Enterprises Inc. Introduces Its 32-bit Multi-Threaded,
Multi-Tasking, High Performance and Secure Peer-to-Peer Communication Software
Package, CamiNet(tm) for OS/2."
BOCA RATON, Florida, February 27, 1996 --
Today SoftWings Enterprises Inc. announces its release of CamiNet for OS/2,
the fastest and most secure communication software package of its kind.
CamiNet is a 32-bit multi-threaded, multi-tasking, high performance, secure
file transfer and management software product designed to save the customer
time and money. The increase in performance is accomplished through the
optimized efficiency of CamiNet's operations and intelligent file transfer
techniques. CamiNet addresses security of data with state-of-the-art
encryption technology, enhanced s3DES, a real bonus for those who transfer
data over public networks like the Internet or telephone lines. If the
transferring, management and maintenance of information, both sensitive and
non-sensitive, is a large part of your business then CamiNet is a product you
cannot afford to do without.
CamiNet offers on-the-fly compression to minimize the transfer time by
reducing the amount of data that travels across the network via modem, serial
link, NetBIOS, and TCP/IP (Internet).
Exploiting the power of OS/2(R) operating system, CamiNet uses a
double-buffering file transfer technique designed to maximize data throughput.
File and directory tree synchronization is a breeze under CamiNet with its
full featured filtering capabilities: only those files and directories which
meet user-specified filtering criteria are processed.
CamiNet also offers a visual Command Builder for greater ease in the creation
of sophisticated commands. Complex commands constructed by the visual Command
Builder can be saved to a file for future use in either the Presentation
Manager hosted environment or batch mode environment. As such, regularly used
commands can be easily reloaded and executed, saving considerable time and
effort!
CamiNet workstations can access up to 30 different remote servers
concurrently. From CamiNet workstations, customers can start any programs
that reside within the aliases defined on the remote servers.
CamiNet servers can forward the requests from remote workstations to other
remote servers if the requested resources are not locally available.
Therefore, CamiNet servers can be setup as distributed servers and/or security
firewalls to distribute and protect the customers' data.
CamiNet provides asynchronous file transfer techniques to upload/download,
compress/decompress, encrypt/decrypt, and manage files simultaneously over
multiple windows through a single modem or communication session. Using
CamiNet, customers do not have to unnecessarily wait for an upload or download
task to complete before starting another task. CamiNet will also hang-up the
modem automatically following a user-defined timeout, saving time and costly
phone bills. If the customer accesses the remote server at a later time,
CamiNet, as a convenience, will automatically redial to re-establish the
connection to that server.
With CamiNet, not only multiple sessions on the same machine but also multiple
machines on a local area network can simultaneously share a single modem to
transfer files over the Internet to other CamiNet servers. This feature is
designed to save customers' investment in hardware and to reduce cost of
Internet services since only one connection is required for all machines on
the LAN!
Utilizing this connectivity of CamiNet, laptop customers can simultaneously
transfer files to a local desktop over a serial link, to a single remote
desktop over a telephone line or multiple remote desktops over the Internet
using just one modem attached to the local desktop!
To further save customers' cost of operations when using modems to transfer
data to remote sites, CamiNet servers will dial the modems to establish
connections if and only if there is outstanding data to transfer. The
connection is automatically destroyed when there is no data travelling over
the connection and re-established upon demand to reduce the costly phone
bills. This feature of CamiNet does not only save the costs of operations but
also ensure the availability of the connection when the phone line is
interrupted for any reasons.
CamiNet employs state-of-the-art encryption technologies, using enhanced s3DES
with single and triple encryption techniques strengthened by the standard
Cipher Block Chaining mode to make the encrypted data virtually uncrackable.
In addition, CamiNet generates different key-dependent s3DES S-boxes for each
communication session to maximize data security against differential and
linear cryptanalysis. These features of CamiNet are designed to guarantee
that when the same data is transferred between any pair of computers over the
Internet, it will be encrypted differently to maximize protection to the data.
Since data can be transmitted from multiple sessions on the same machine, from
multiple machines on a local area network, and will be encrypted differently
per packet per destination, CamiNet servers can be setup to simultaneously
transfer both real and fake data wherever highly secure transmission channels
are required.
CamiNet applies secure authentication techniques with automatic session key
generation exceeding the X9.17 wholesale banking standard to prevent
unauthorized accesses to resources on remote servers and to maintain the
confidentiality of data during transmission. Using CamiNet, customers' logon
passwords will never be sent across the network during the authentication
process.
CamiNet offers secure file deletion which exceeds the US Department of Defense
erasure requirement - so that sensitive data on the hard disk cannot be
re-constructed.
CamiNet's User Access Databases are encrypted so that password files are
protected from unauthorized accesses. In addition, all passwords are
one-way-hashed using the US Secure Hash Standard before being stored into the
encrypted databases, providing further protection. The User Access Databases
are also designed to hold sensitive data such as employee or important
business client information. CamiNet also offers sophisticated access
controls so that log-in users can only access files and directories which are
assigned to them.
With CamiNet's secure file compression, files are compressed to occupy minimum
space on the hard disk and maintain high security. Therefore, CamiNet is a
must for data storage applications. In addition, the secure file compression
feature will preserve OS/2 extended attributes (EAs) when files are
transferred through FAT media such as a floppy diskette.
CamiNet's on-the-fly compression and encryption saves the customer's time by
eliminating the need for manual compression and encryption of files prior to
transferring them. Additionally, CamiNet also allows data delivery to
authorized personnel only, to prevent information leaks once the data arrives
at its destination.
Today, in the information age, CamiNet is a must as it provides efficient and
secure transfer of information over public networks such as the Internet and
the telephone system. CamiNet's security system is so advanced that there are
currently two patents pending. In addition, CamiNet allows the same commands
to run over multiple communication protocols to maximize customers'
productivity by reducing the learning curve for different communication
protocols.
CamiNet has a suggested retail price of $199.99. Because of CamiNet's
virtually uncrackable encryption technologies, it is by US law, for sale in
the US and Canada only.
SoftWings Enterprises Inc. is a software development organization committed to
excellence in the continued development of the highest performance and most
secure communication computer software products in the world.
SoftWings Enterprises Inc.
10018 Lexington Estates Blvd
Boca Raton, FL 33428
Tel: (407)477-5010 Fax: (407)477-5011
E-mail: softwings@caminet.com
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