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Computerworld - User Review

Aegis Client

Meetinghouse Data Communications Inc.

Portsmouth, N.H.

One problem we discovered with our Cisco wireless LAN is that its implementation of Lightweight Extensible Access Protocol (LEAP) authentication works only with Cisco's wireless PC cards and software. Meetinghouse Data Communications' Aegis Client addresses this issue by providing LEAP authentication support that works with most vendors' wireless client software.

Our installation was painless, and I was up and running with LEAP and my Proxim Orinoco wireless card in minutes. I still had to run Proxim Inc.'s client software and then run the Aegis Client software on top of that. But a new version incorporates client software and LEAP support in one package. Pricing starts at $39.99 per workstation.

—Mathias Thurman

Certification for Security Managers

The Information Systems Audit and Control Association in Rolling Meadows, Ill., has launched the Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) certification. CISM is aimed at experienced information security managers; applicants must have three years of experience and pass a four-hour, 200-question exam.

For more information, go to www.isaca.org/cism.htm.

Lindows Antivirus

San Diego-based Lindows.com Inc. has introduced the first antivirus software tuned specifically for Lindows, its Linux-based desktop operating system. The new software, VirusSafe, is based on Central Command Inc.'s Vexira Antivirus for Linux Workstation software. VirusSafe sells for $29, which includes one year of virus-definition updates.

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