Open Text Expands Content Security Offering with Release of SOCKS Client

Connectivity Solution Allows Organizations to Cost-Effectively Protect Enterprise Application Content Over Unsecure Networks

WATERLOO - Open Text, a global leader in Enterprise Content Management (ECM), today announced the immediate availability of its latest Connectivity solution, Open Text SOCKS Client, an enterprise-grade SOCKS V4 and V5 client, that assists organizations to transparently and cost-effectively secure their enterprise content applications over TCIP/IP networks. Protecting confidential and mission critical application content has become a strategic priority for many organizations these days. Unfortunately, many homegrown or vendor applications have not been built to operate with network firewalls and proxies forcing administrators to leave gaping holes in their security infrastructures. SOCKS is an industry standard security protocol that facilitates the routing of network traffic through firewalls and proxy servers. The Open Text SOCKS Client can dynamically "socks-enable" enterprise applications without requiring changes to their code.

A rules-based engine allows administrators to decide which application traffic should be secured, instantly enabling it to traverse SOCKS proxies and firewalls. Open Text SOCKS Client is an ideal solution for organizations that need a robust, commercially supported, enterprise-grade SOCKS client that makes it easier to allow their critical applications to traverse SOCKS proxies and firewalls. The solution can also be used by third-party vendors searching for an OEM package to support the SOCKS protocol in their products and solutions.

Open Text SOCKS Client offers the following functionalities:

- Dynamically secure network traffic without changing applications code

- Supports Windows Vista and 64-bit platforms

- Authentication through Microsoft Active Directory and Kerberos

- Encryption of network traffic using industry-standard GSSAPI

- Supports SOCKS V4 And V5 connections over TCP and UDP

- Built-in load-balancing and fail-over mechanisms

- Rules-based configuration engine and support for MSI-based deployment systems

"With our improved SOCKS Client, Open Text is taking a leading role in providing content security solutions to our enterprise customers," said Eugene Cherny, General Manager of Open Text's Connectivity solutions. "We are confident that the new features in this release will help organizations improve their security infrastructure, while preserving their investments in their enterprise applications."

Open Text SOCKS Client is available immediately. For more information, please visit: www.opentext.com/socks.

Open Text's leading connectivity solutions connect people, data and applications in mission-critical environments through a complete line of remote application access and data integration solutions. With 90 percent of Global 2000 companies relying on its award-winning solutions for over 20 years, Open Text understands the financial and operational challenges that most organizations face, whether it is multiple systems, disparate data sources or geographically dispersed teams.