The latest updates to the company’s Aspelle Everywhere 3.0 product include application-level authentication, secure intranet access and pre-packaged portal functionality, among a range of features designed to aid security and systems management.

The company described its application-level authentication functionality as a first for SSL VPNs. The technology provides the ability to restrict use of individual applications based on the context in which they are accessed.

Also of interest is Aspelle’s new secure intranet access feature. Aspelle CTO and co-founder Dave Tarrant said the technology, which relies on an embedded URL rewriter, enables users to access all manner of intranet content from internet-enabled terminals, including mobile devices.

Large companies can have hundreds of internal web sites and applications that haven’t been built for internet use and now will be, said Tarrant. [The technology] uses a rules-based engine that enables you to change any part of an HTTP string. That enables you to access intranet sites even when they don’t have straightforward links.

The URL transformer is based on Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) web publishing specifications from Microsoft. Aspelle remains firmly aligned with Microsoft technology, and has added further extension to Active Directory.

These include authorization, authentication and single sign-on for users and resources, as well as a dynamic password synchronization feature allowing single sign-on to all applications requiring the same authentication.

Tarrant said there is no immediate likelihood of Aspelle supporting other directory products. Active Directory will be big this year except in Novell sites, he said. We can afford to walk away from these.

Other extra functions in the new feature pack include out-of-the-box integration with company portals and real-time monitoring of the Aspelle Everywhere Relay Server. This last feature provides administrators with a single view of TCP/IP connections into the corporate network to help identify and rectify problems quickly.

Source: Computerwire