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Novell BorderManager Authentication Service Solves Remote Access User Management Issues
New Solution Brings the Power and Convenience of NDS to RADIUS PROVO, UT — July 13, 1998 — Networking software leader Novell® Inc., today announced the availability of BorderManager™ Authentication Service, a new member of the BorderManager product family, which allows businesses to securely and efficiently manage remote access at the network border via Novell Directory Service™ (NDS™). BorderManager Authentication Service gives organizations easy, secure, and central control of access to their networks, dramatically reducing the cost of providing remote access to regional offices, branch locations, mobile users, and tele-commuters. In addition, the new Novell solution enables organizations to further reduce connectivity costs by outsourcing their remote access infrastructure to an Internet Service Provider (ISP) while maintaining user control locally in NDS.BorderManager Authentication Service, a cross-platform service from Novell, runs on NetWare® 4.x and NetWare 5 as well as Windows NT servers. BorderManager Authentication Service is based upon the Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) protocol which ensures interoperability with RADIUS compliant third-party devices, including equipment from ISPs and firewall and access server vendors. The solution builds on the RADIUS for NDS technology that Novell made freely available in June of 1997. "BorderManager Authentication Service is a further demonstration of the value of NDS for businesses of all sizes," said Michelle Arden, vice president of Novell's Border Services Group. "With the tight integration with NDS, Novell is extending the RADIUS standard to provide customers with a low cost, easily manageable directory-enabled solution that can significantly reduce the costs of managing the remote user". Telegyr Systems is a leading provider of network management solutions for the economic and efficient control of energy supply networks. "We have one hundred remote users at our San Jose site," stated Ken Green, senior network analyst of Telegyr Systems. "BorderManager Authentication Service allows us to securely log these remote users on our networks. Consolidating user information in NDS not only makes managing remote users easier, but solves another expensive problem by delivering a single point of management for our various remote access servers." Key Features of BorderManager Authentication Service BorderManager Authentication Service provides an unprecedented level of security, manageability and confidence for remote network access. This Internet standards-based solution consolidates RADIUS server data with user authentication rights and dial-in configuration information within Novell Directory Services. The result is a single point of administration that enhances security and consolidates the management of remote services. In addition to easy management and strong security, BorderManager Authentication Service includes the following key features:
BorderManager Authentication Service base price is U.S.$995.00 and comes with a 5-user license. Additive license packs are available in 5, 25, 100 and 500 user stratifications at U.S.$5.00 per user. The product will be available for order from Novell channel partners July 16. Please contact your Novell reseller or call 1-800-NETWARE for more information. Try Before You Buy A 45-day trial version of BorderManager Authentication Service is available for download at: www.novell.com/bordermanager/bmas. Customers that take advantage of this offer and then wish to install the full product simply install a license diskette. No additional configuration is needed. About the BorderManager Product Family Novell BorderManager is the industry's first integrated family of directory-based network services that manages, secures and accelerates user access to information at every network border - the point where any two networks meet. The BorderManager product family delivers solutions that customers need to extend their business to the Internet. The product family includes BorderManager, with advanced proxy caching, firewall filtering, user level access control, virtual private networking, network address translation, routing, and remote access services, BorderManager FastCache and now BorderManager Authentication Service. For more information on the Novell BorderManager family of products, please visit www.novell.com/bordermanager. About Novell Founded in 1983, Novell (NASDAQ: NOVL) is the world's leading provider of network software. The company offers a wide range of network solutions for distributed network, Internet/Internet and small- business markets, as well as the network computing industry's most comprehensive education and technical support programs. Information about Novell and its complete range of products and services can be accessed on the World Wide Web at http://www.novell.com. Novell is a registered trademark and BorderManager, BorderManager Authentication Service, NDS and Novell Directory Services are trademarks of Novell, Inc. All other registered trademarks and trademarks are the property of their respective holders.
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