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NEWS RELEASE
Free Interactive Web Security Learning Tool Ships
San Diego, CA, June 26, 2003 - Cafésoft today announced
that it is now shipping the Cams Tour, a free interactive
security system that facilitates learning about web single sign-on,
web application security, and the Cams web security system. The
Cams Tour is an enterprise security implementation that includes:
multiple web application servers; an SQL user directory; and, Cams.
Within minutes of download, users can begin to interact with the
Cams Tour to learn about web application security architecture,
self-register new user accounts, perform single sign-on against
multiple web servers, mine security logs, and understand how to
implement fine-grained access control in web applications running
on one or more web servers.
"We are excited to make the Cams Tour available as a free
download," said Gary Gwin, Cafésoft CEO. "Web security
is difficult to understand and get right, especially for small and
midsize companies where security experience is often hard to find.
The Cams Tour greatly reduces the amount of time required to learn
about web security and how to implement and manage it cost-effectively.
Users can download and begin working with the Cams Tour in minutes,
with no obligation. There's no or little configuration required
to run it. It's really a full-featured web application security
implementation on your desktop."
The Cams Tour takes an interactive approach to learning about web
application security. The product provides architectural instruction
on configuring security for web servers such as Apache and Microsoft
IIS, and J2EE application servers such as BEA WebLogic, IBM Websphere,
Oracle 9iAS, and JBoss. The Cams Tour is pre-configured to use two
Apache Tomcat web application servers to show the use of secure
tokens to achieve web single sign-on. An SQL relational database
is provided for the user directory. Example web applications demonstrate
how to use secure HTTP request headers to personalize the user experience
using web programming environments such as JSP/servlets, ASP, PHP,
Cold Fusion, and CGI. Users of the Cams Tour create their own accounts
and mine Cams logs for their own security events.
The Cams Tour includes the Cams web security system. Cams makes
sites more secure and manageable by centralizing application security
administration and access, rather than building access control into
each application and server. This centralized approach to web security
enables companies to reduce development and administration complexity
and costs, while improving time to market, application security,
and user satisfaction. Cams also delivers single sign-on by securely
sharing authentication tokens across web applications and servers.
Cams features a service oriented architecture built with Java.
The product deploys into heterogeneous environments providing a
centralized security platform that scales for high-volume sites.
Cams provides user directory integration with industry-standard
LDAP and SQL databases. Other repositories can be added using the
open Cams and Java JAAS APIs. Cams also provides support for securing
web servers, application servers, Java/C applications, and custom
resources. Primary product features include:
- Single sign-on to multiple web applications and servers
- Role-based access control defined by business policies including
date/time, location, and custom rules
- Centralized management of rules/permissions and logging of security
events
- Flexible extension via open APIs (including integration into
third-party software)
- Cross-platform support including Windows NT/2000, Linux/UNIX,
and Solaris
"We created Cams to help application developers implement
fine-grained web application security without embedding authentication
policy or access control business rules into application code,"
said Norbert Kuhnert, Cafésoft chief technology officer and
founder. "With Cams, environments like Apache and the Tomcat
J2EE web server can share security configurations and provide single
sign-on. An open API also empowers developers to use any user/password
repository for authentication, create custom access control rules
that match business policy, and trigger business processes from
security events."
Cams Tour is available for Windows NT/2000 and Linux. A free download
is available on Cafésoft's web site at http://www.cafesoft.com.
Cams web security system licenses are available starting at $2,995
per server with unlimited, free developer licenses. Evaluation Cams
licenses are also available.
Cafésoft develops and markets the Cams web security system,
and provides associated web security services. Customer use Cams
to easily and cost-effectively implement web single sign-on and
centralize access control to and management of secure web applications
and resources. Using Cams for web application security improves
time to market, increases operational efficiencies, and lowers maintenance
costs. Headquartered in San Diego, California, Cafésoft is
a private company founded in March of 1996. More information can
be found at http://www.cafesoft.com.
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Cafésoft is a trademark of Cafésoft, LLC. Sun, Sun
Microsystems, Java and J2EE are trademarks or registered trademarks
of Sun Microsystems Inc. in the United States and other countries.
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