The company seems to be moving in a positive way! Found this in a news group talking about internet security
Since March of 1996, Netscape's Security Infrastructure Group (SIG), a collaboration of more than 50 companies, has
provided input into Netscape's security strategies. Leading smartcard technology companies including Gemplus and G&D
America have pledged support for Netscape's CDSA implementation.
Companies supporting Netscape's products include Chrysler Corporation, First Data Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank.
Security hardware and software pioneers supporting Netscape's security implementation, include AssureNet Digital Pathways,
Atalla, Chrysalis-ITS, Consensus Development, Datakey, Fischer International, Integrity Arts, Litronic Corporation, Mytec
Technologies, SIT International, TriNet, Trintech, VASCO Data Security and Verisign.
"Security is a critical enabler for Internet electronic commerce," said Jim Bidzos, president of RSA Data Security. "Netscape is
a leader in bringing cryptography to the masses on the Internet by shipping SSL, now in use by millions of users worldwide.
Netscape is continuing to lead the way by driving open standards in this area."
Netscape's security implementation is expected to include a scalable trust model, which allows administrators to manage
security policies for an entire organization from a single point. By using the extensibility of the trust module, enterprise trust
policies can be linked directly into applications.
This implementation is expected to allow developers to program in Java or C for both hardware and software-based security
systems. Features such as security context management make it easier for developers to build applications without worrying
about the difficulty of cryptographic functions. Security functions such as certificate management can become data intensive.
Netscape's security implementation will offer a scalable architecture that will enable data storage methods from simple all the
way through full featured SQL-based databases, to be used to store security-related information.
Netscape Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: NSCP) is a leading provider of open software for linking people and
information over enterprise networks and the Internet. The company offers a full line of clients, servers, development tools and
commercial applications to create a complete platform for next-generation, live online applications. Netscape Communications
Corporation is based in Mountain View, California.
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