“A GROUP OF security companies and organizations are expected to
announce an initiative next week that will provide universities
with free software to help guard themselves against being turned
into “zombies” used to launch a distributed (DoS) denial of service
attack.”
“SSH Communications Security, the SANS Institute, RSA Security,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and MindBright
Technologies will detail plans on Monday to equip more than 130
colleges and universities in the United States with free encryption
software via SSHs (Secure Shells).”
“Through the security initiative, every student, faculty
members, and staff member from the participating universities will
be provided with SSH universal log-ins and stronger authentication
channels via SSH product versions 1.0 and 2.1 for use on servers
and PCs. Secure Shell is a secure log-in program developed by
SSH Communications Security that eliminates clear-text password
transmission and provides encrypted file transfers.”