ActivCard Launches Next Generation ActivPack Authentication Server
ActivPack Delivers a Radius and Tacacs+ Compliant AAA Server for Enterprises And Service Providers, Capable of Supporting a Variety of Smart Cards And Token Devices
SURESNES, France and FREMONT, Calif., Oct. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- ActivCard (Nasdaq: ACTI; Nasdaq Europe) a leading provider of smart card and digital identity provisioning products and technology today announced the immediate, worldwide availability of its ActivPack Authentication server. This high performance server delivers strong, two-factor authentication to protect remote access, VPNs and e-business applications throughout the enterprise.
ActivPack features a number of advancements in the company's ActivPack server line. The enhanced server enables the large-scale deployments of a wide range of authentication devices including hardware tokens, USB tokens, soft tokens and smart cards. ActivPack is also a reliable and scalable server that enables simultaneous authentications to be performed on multiple servers distributed across the enterprise. This RADIUS, TACACS+ compliant server allows user authentication using dynamic one-time-passwords in both synchronous and asynchronous mode.
It also enables automatic routing of authentication requests to other servers or directories containing user credentials, thus easing the migration path from legacy systems. ActivPack provides automatic synchronization between the ActivPack database and the LDAP directory services such as Microsoft® Active Directory(TM), Novell® NDS® eDirectory(TM), iPlanet(TM) Directory Server and Oracle® Internet Directory. Another advancement of this server is that it ensures high availability through its 'hot stand-by server' feature, avoiding any interruption to service by automatically switching to the second server. Roaming is also a key feature, enabling users to successfully complete authentication while away from their local office.
The server's administration consoles enable role-based management allowing corporations to reduce the cost of user management and at the same time streamline internal business processes. The server is interoperable with the leading network solutions including Check Point(TM) VPN-1/FireWall-1®, Cisco Systems® Secure PIX(TM) Firewall and VPN concentrators, as well as Nortel Networks(TM) Contivity and F-Secure® VPN+.
``This next generation version of our ActivPack server enables us to meet the needs of today's enterprise for a strong, two-factor authentication solution for large-scale deployments in heterogeneous environments,'' said Mario Diaz, Senior Product Manager, ActivCard.
Availability
ActivPack is available worldwide. For further information, please visit: activcard.com .
About ActivCard
ActivCard, a leader in digital identity and electronic certification technology, delivers core components required to enable next generation e-Business communications and transactions. ActivCard solutions, in conjunction with the applications support for public key-based data confidentiality, and integrity, allow individuals and businesses to perform secure online transactions over the Internet with the ease-of-use of an ATM transaction. Today, more than 2 million people use ActivCard products for secure Internet banking, Web access and remote access to corporate networks. ActivCard has headquarters in Fremont, California, and Suresnes, France with worldwide operations in Australia, Germany, Japan, Sweden, Singapore, the United Kingdom and The Netherlands.
The statements in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including risks associated with fluctuations in operating results, international operations, acquisitions and managing the company's future growth, and other risks identified in the Company's periodic filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to those appearing under the caption ``Risk Factors'' in the Company's annual report on Form 20F. Actual results, events and performance may differ materially. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. ActivCard disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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