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Article: 3Com improves NIC security features; Company's card adds encryption support; prevents packet sniffing, IP address spoofing.(Company Business and Marketing)
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- Network World
- Article date:
- April 9, 2001
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SANTA CLARA - 3Com this week will announce a new firmware add-on for its network interface cards that could be used to lock down servers and PCs to prevent hacks from outside or inside a company.
The network firm says the new NICs let network professionals secure networked PCs and servers by controlling exactly what can be done from a client PC or who can access certain servers. 3Com says the NICs can boost the speed of nodes that send encrypted data by off-loading encryption algorithms and other packet processing tasks from a PC's processor to the NIC.
A firewall enhancement will also be available on 3Com's 3CR990 10/100M bit/sec NIC with the on-board ...