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[Todays News]
C2Net Software's Stronghold Web Server Adds nCipher Hardware Encryption
Support
OAKLAND, Calif., July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- C2Net Software today announc ed
its Stronghold(TM) secure web server now supports the nFast hardware
cryptographic accelerator from nCipher Corporation Ltd. "Like Stronghold, the
nFast accelerator is manufactured outside of the U.S., enabling us to off er
our world-wide customers a simple, platform-independent way to speed up s
ecure
web server throughput," said C2Net Software president Sameer Parekh. "Man y
will find that Stronghold's terrific out-of-the-box performance is more t han
enough for their needs. If not, adding one or more nFast units is a fast,
simple way to increase encryption performance as required."
"nCipher's nFast cryptographic accelerators enhance e-commerce and on line
transactions by speeding up the processing of crypto keys," said Alex van
Someren, president of nCipher. "Using nFast together with the Stronghold web
server gives customers throughout the world a quickly-scalable environmen
t for
conducting secure business on the Internet."
nCipher's nFast cryptographic accelerator interfaces via a standard S CSI2
interface, making it compatible with virtually any computer platform, and
mounts within the space of a standard 3.5-inch disk drive bay. Each nFast
accelerator can carry out approximately three hundred 1024-bit public key
signings per second.
The Stronghold Web Server is an enhanced, secure, commercial version of
the popular Apache server. Based on figures in a Netcraft survey
(http://www.netcraft.com/survey/), Stronghold is the second most popular
commercial server for UNIX and the second most popular for secure applica
tions
on the Internet.
nCipher Corporation Ltd. (http://www.ncipher.com/), an affiliate of the
Newbridge Network Corporation (NYSE: NN), is a privately-owned developer of
cryptographic technologies for securing server transactions, including bo th
software and hardware cryptographic acceleration products. nCipher
headquarters are located in Cambridge, England, with US offices in Andove
r, MA
and in Santa Clara, CA.
C2Net Software, Inc. (http://www.c2.net/) is a leading provider of
uncompromised network security software. Through its international offsho re
development programs, all C2Net products are exempt from U.S. government
export restrictions, allowing the company to offer uncrippled, strong
cryptography solutions to customers worldwide.
SOURCE C2Net Software Inc.
CONTACT: Steve Cook of C2Net Software, Inc., 510-986-8770
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