[45334] in Cypherpunks
OSF security announcement
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bob Bruen, MIT Lab for Nuclear Sci)
Wed Dec 13 16:14:01 1995
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 15:17:25 -0500 (EST)
From: "Bob Bruen, MIT Lab for Nuclear Science" <BRUEN@mitlns.mit.edu>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
The following is part of an OSF announcement. Most of the marketing
hype has been deleted, but I thought the security part would be of interest.
Bob
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CAMBRIDGE, MA, December 12, 1995 -- The Open Software
Foundation (OSF) today announced the DCE-Web Advanced
Technology Offering (ATO). The goal of this software
project is to provide all of the essential capabilities
of the distributed computing environment (encryption,
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* Secure Local Proxy - provides secure DCE-Web access
using standard off-the-shelf browsers. It is possible
to access DCE-Web using any browser without any
modification. The Secure Local Proxy functions as
protocol switch, forwarding proxy requests either as
standard http or using the secure DCE-Web protocol.
* Secure Gateway - integrates the DCE-Web with other
secure Web protocols. The Gateway provides secure
access to the Multi-protocol Server, providing DCE
authentication based on public key identities. The
gateway is designed to allow plug-in access for
multiple public key Web protocols.
--snip--
For more information on this ATO please refer to the
project home page at http://www.osf.org/www/dceweb/.
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CONTACT: Jane Smeloff
Open Software Foundation
(617) 621-8997
Email: jane@osf.org
