Security Expert Dave Wreski Discusses Open Source Security

From: DaveAI (junktarget_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 07/22/04


Date: 22 Jul 2004 09:29:24 -0700

LinuxSecurity.com editors have a seat with Dave Wreski, CEO of
Guardian Digital, Inc. and respected author of various hardened
security and Linux publications, to talk about how Guardian Digital is
changing the face of IT security today.

LinuxSecurity.com: We are interviewing Dave Wreski, founder and CEO of
Guardian Digital, Inc. Guardian Digital is perhaps best known for
their hardened Linux solution EnGarde Secure Linux. EnGarde is touted
as the premier secure, open-source platform for its comprehensive
array of general purpose services, such as web, FTP, email, DNS, IDS,
routing, VPN, firewalling, and much more. In contrast to most Linux
distributions, which try to be everything to everyone, EnGarde is
focused exclusively on being an extremely secure, powerfully
functional, multi-purpose server. This dedicated focus is unique in
the notoriously feature-oriented open-source community.

LS: Your company, Guardian Digital, has been featured on our site
numerous times. You, personally, have also been so kind as to share
your security expertise with our readers. Can you explain a bit about
your company and the offerings you provide?

Dave Wreski: Guardian Digital is dedicated to providing enterprise and
small business customers with inherently secure business-critical
Internet solutions. We provide everything from web services to email
to intrusion detection to VPN services to proxy caching all designed
with security as the primary concern. Recognizing the fact that
network security can no longer be an afterthought, our solutions
provide embedded security at every level of design, providing the
bulletproof security corporations need without sacrificing the
functionality they desire.

Read the entire interview at:
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/feature_stories/feature_story-170.html



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