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Technology Stocks : Novell (NOVL) dirt cheap, good buy?
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To: Paul Fiondella who wrote (25110)1/23/1999 7:59:00 PM
From: E_K_S  Read Replies (1) of 42771
 
Hi Paul - It is very interesting that this topic has come up. Last week here at the San Jose Convention Center was "RSA'99". Essentially this trade show featured many small companies showing Internet /Network security products, digital identity cards, bio-identity devises, secure digital signature solutions...etc..

From my review it appears that several of the solutions offered are platform and network dependent. The security software is loaded on-top of the server and the scanning devises run on the client.

Many companies are building secure systems for NT based platforms but one small company ActivCard (located in Fremont CA) has a multi-service authentication system which they plan to integrate into Novell's Border-Manager software. Lucent has recently signed a contract with ActivCard to use their software system in their RAS networks.

The upshot is that each user will eventually use their own secure smart card to allow access to the "secure" network. All e-commerce companies would process Internet transactions through this "secure" network as you explained in your earlier post....but the end-user's digital identity would be stored in (1) their digital card and (2) verified with a separate PIN number or through a Bio (ie. eye or thumb) scanning devise.

They had scanners that worked on PC's, Palm Pilots and I even anticipate "Jini" enabled JAVA devises that can perform both the Bio and secure card scans for under $100 soon.

It will be very interesting how this all develops. Watch for Sun Microsystems new Jini enabled network devise announcements Monday in San Francisco.

EKS

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