SECURE64 DNS PRODUCTS OFFER ‘DNS GENETIC DIVERSITY’ FOR MORE SECURE DNS INFRASTRUCTURE

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Diversity at the Hardware, Operating System and Application Layers Protects Against Attacks on Conventional DNS Implementations


DENVER – June 28, 2012 – Secure64 Software Corporation offers a suite of secure DNS products that enable companies to increase the “genetic diversity” of their DNS infrastructure and greatly improve their resistance to dangerous DNS threats. DNS threats have garnered numerous headlines in recent years, including more than a dozen major vulnerabilities in the widely-deployed BIND DNS software that is also used in most commercial DNS appliances. Each of these vulnerabilities forces IT departments around the world to scramble in an effort to implement emergency patches before the vulnerabilities can be exploited. Because Secure64 products do not share any code with BIND and run on a different operating system and microprocessor than traditional DNS solutions, they offer much-needed diversity across every layer of DNS infrastructure—hardware, operating system and application layers—mitigating the risk that any one threat will take down a company’s DNS infrastructure.

“Any software product can have vulnerabilities, but BIND is an especially attractive target because it is so widely deployed. When a company’s DNS infrastructure is entirely dependent on one technology, that’s an obvious risk. That is why genetic diversity is so important for DNS infrastructure,” said Dr. Bill Worley, CTO of Secure64 and a former Chief Scientist at Hewlett-Packard. “Companies that exclusively use BIND-based commercial DNS products are forced to spend unplanned time upgrading software on their DNS infrastructure or risk exposing their DNS service to attack and disruption. This endless cycle of patching increases both risk and operational costs. Secure64’s products provide genetic diversity at the hardware, operating system and application layers, which makes them immune to BIND, Unix and x86-specific security vulnerabilities. That protects our customers against vulnerabilities that affect other DNS variants.”

Over 80 percent of the world’s DNS servers rely on the same DNS code base (BIND), creating the potential for a global Internet meltdown in the event of a sophisticated attack or virus. Secure64 provides organizations with a simple path to genetic diversity across every layer of their DNS infrastructure by running on a different architecture than all other DNS servers. Below is an outline of features that enable Secure64 solutions to increase the genetic diversity and security of an organization’s DNS infrastructure:

Secure64 DNS Product Security Advantages
Layer Security Feature Advantage
Hardware Unique stack architecture Attackers cannot cause remote code execution
Hardware Authenticated boot process No path for rootkit injection or execution
OS Software authentication Eliminates paths for malware infection on disk
OS Executing software cannot be read or modified Eliminates the possibility of malware infection at runtime
OS Built-in denial-of-service protection Deflects high volume denial-of-service attacks without impacting application availabilty
OS FIPS 140-2 level 2 certified cryptographic module Protects private keys used to secure critical Internet communications
OS Proprietary code base Source code is not accessible to attackers
Application Non-BIND based DNS Is not vulnerable to BIND-specific security vulnerabilities

 

About Secure64 Software Corporation
Headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado, Secure64 is a software developer providing the most secure DNS products available to its customers in the government and communications industry. Secure64’s patented technology provides mission-critical security and reliability with high throughput and low latency. It has been shown to be immune to compromise from rootkits and malware and resistant to denial of service and other network attacks. The company offers a suite of trusted and secure DNS software appliances for caching, signing and authoritative use. Secure64’s products are sold and serviced worldwide through Hewlett-Packard and their reseller network and directly by Secure64. For more information, visit https://secure64.com.
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Secure64 Releases Enhanced Version of DNS Management Software

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SECURE64 RELEASES ENHANCED VERSION OF
DNS MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
Secure64 DNS Manager Provides Centralized Management of All Secure64 DNS Servers
DENVER – October 16, 2012 – Secure64 Software Corporation has released a new version of its Secure64 DNS Manager product, which helps communication service providers (CSPs) configure, manage and monitor all of their Secure64 DNS servers in a centralized manner. The enhancements to Secure64 DNS Manager make it a more powerful tool for rolling out new DNS software versions, controlling changes to configurations, monitoring DNS servers in real time, and managing remote servers anywhere in the world. The new capabilities unify the management of the entire Secure64 DNS product suite from a single application.
New features and functionality in Secure64 DNS Manager include:
• Ability to manage and monitor DNS Authority and DNS Signer servers
• Internet Explorer 9 browser support
• Extract, store and manage configuration files
• Enhanced version control and rollback of OS updates and configuration files
• Multiple user access controls
• Enhanced presentation of server information
• Capabilities for running DNS Manager in a VMware implementation
“By managing and monitoring an organization’s entire DNS infrastructure, this release of DNS Manager continues to decrease the total cost of DNS ownership,” said Mark Beckett, Vice President, Marketing and Product Management at Secure64. “DNS Manager significantly lowers DNS-related operating costs by reducing the amount of time required to keep server and configurations up-to-date. It decreases the kind of human errors that create chaotic situations that cost time and money, such as forgetting to update a server or uploading the wrong configuration. DNS management shouldn’t be so costly and fraught with risk, and it isn’t when organizations incorporate Secure64 DNS Manager into their network infrastructure and their DNSSEC implementations.”
The enhanced version of Secure64 DNS Manager is available immediately from Secure64. For more information, visit https://secure64.com/centralized-management-dns-servers.
In addition to the new version of DNS Manager, Secure64 also released enhancements to Secure64 DNS Authority—its DNS name server software—and to Secure64 DNS Cache—its DNS caching name server software. For the latest information about DNS Authority and DNS Cache, visit https://secure64.com/products.
About Secure64 Software Corporation
Headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado, Secure64 is a software developer providing the most secure DNS products available to its customers in the government and communications industry. Secure64’s patented technology provides mission-critical security and reliability with high throughput and low latency. It has been shown to be immune to compromise from rootkits and malware and resistant to denial of service and other network attacks. The company offers a suite of trusted and secure DNS software appliances for caching, signing and authoritative use. Secure64’s products are sold and serviced worldwide through Hewlett-Packard and their reseller network and directly by Secure64. For more information, visit https://secure64.com.

SLOW ADOPTION OF DNSSEC PUTS LEADING E-COMMERCE COMPANIES AT RISK

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None of the 100 Leading E-Commerce Companies Have Taken Basic Steps Toward DNS Security

DENVER – February 5, 2013 – The biggest brands in e-commerce are overlooking a critical security technology that could reduce the risk of identify theft and credit card fraud, according to an analysis by DNS security company Secure64 Software Corporation. An analysis of the 100 largest e-commerce companies in the United States conducted by the technical team at Secure64 reveals that:

  • None of the 100 largest e-commerce sites have fully implemented Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC)
  • None of these 100 largest e-commerce sites are showing evidence that they are in a trial deployment of DNSSEC.
The DNS is the phone book of the internet, translating names that people can remember into numbers that computer networks require in order to communicate. DNSSEC is a set of security protocols that fix fundamental vulnerabilities in the DNS. With DNSSEC, internet users know for sure that their web and email communications reach the server that they intended, and are not hijacked by an attacker to steal personal or confidential information. DNSSEC is also a basic mechanism to ensure that SSL and VPN are truly trustworthy. Without the enhanced security that DNSSEC provides, communications between applications and organizations via SSL and VPN may be susceptible to eavesdropping, tampering and other threats.
“Secure64 has conducted a series of analyses to measure progress in making DNS more secure, and this study of the e-commerce industry may be the most surprising and disturbing given how central Domain Name Server (DNS) infrastructure is to the entire business model of leading e-commerce sites,” said Joe Gersch, Chief Operating Officer at Secure64. “Secure DNS infrastructure is of great importance to the other industries we have analyzed, but DNS security is even more critical to e-commerce sites because all of their transactions are dependent on that infrastructure. These companies should not waste any more time in addressing this urgent security issue. Their businesses depend on it.”
Secure64 has been conducting this series of DNSSEC analysis as a follow-up to a 2010 study by Forrester Research titled, “DNSSEC Ready for Prime Time,” which reported on organizations’ plans to implement Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) security protocols. There has been near-unanimous international support for adoption of DNSSEC, including directives and announcements by the White House, the FCC, the telecommunications industry and others acknowledging the importance of this issue.
For the results of Secure64’s analyses of DNSSEC progress in other industries, visit www.secure64.com/press_releases.

About Secure64 Software Corporation

Secure64 is a software developer with the most secure DNS products available. Secure64’s patented technology provides mission-critical security and reliability, built-in protection from DDoS attacks, high throughput and low latency. It has been shown to be immune to compromise from rootkits and malware and resistant to denial of service and other network attacks. The company offers a suite of trusted and secure DNS software appliances for caching, signing, blacklisting, management, and authoritative use. They also host a testbed for detection of IP Route Hijacking. Secure64’s products are sold and serviced worldwide through Hewlett-Packard and their reseller network and directly by Secure64. For more information, visit https://secure64.com.

SECURE64 ENABLES MOBILE OPERATORS AND OTHER CARRIERS TO OFFER BETTER SECURITY AND SUPPORT FOR IPV6

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Secure64 DNS Authority First DNS Product to Offer Practical Solution to Reverse Lookups Of IPv6 Addresses

Barcelona, Spain – February 26, 2013 – Secure64 Software Corporation released a new version of its DNS Authority server that enables mobile operators and other carriers to deploy IPv6 with essential security and services like spam filtering and geolocation that are currently enjoyed by IPv4 customers. The new functionality in DNS Authority makes it possible for carriers to easily publish the reverse DNS records that these services rely upon, which is simple in IPv4 but almost impossible using traditional techniques in IPv6.

“Growth of IP-enabled devices and smartphones in particular requires carriers to fully support IPv6,” said Steve Goodbarn, CEO of Secure64. “However, without adequate capabilities and security in IPv6 from carriers, customers cannot be properly supported. This threatens to slow customer acquisition and average revenue per user if not solved soon. Secure64 has solved this problem for its carrier customers.”
Carriers have traditionally published a set of DNS pointer records that translate an IP address to a name for each of their customers’ devices. This translation is necessary for the proper functioning of many services such as spam filtering and web content acceleration. These pointer records are stored on the carriers’ authoritative DNS servers, which is practical only as long as a carrier’s address space is small. Under IPv6, this is no longer possible because of the huge increase in the size of the address space, making traditional techniques for generating and storing this pointer information impossible. A new approach is essential, and Secure64 DNS Authority provides the first solution to that problem.
“Our DNS Authority 3.5 release has new functionality that allows reverse DNS queries to be answered on the fly, eliminating the need to generate and store all of this information on the DNS server itself. This allows carriers to offer their customers feature parity over IPv4 and IPv6,” said Goodbarn. “DNS Authority can support 4G services in IPv4 and IPv6, and its advanced security provides industry-leading resistance to DDoS attacks and other threats. This solution carriers providers with next-generation infrastructure that simplifies operations and reduces costs while also providing a solid foundation for meeting the higher level of demand that will come as the use of mobile devices increases in the future.”
Secure64 DNS Authority 3.5 is available immediately. To learn more about the product, visit Secure64 this week at the HP booth (Hall 7, Stand 7D112) at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona: www.mobileworldcongress.com. More information about DNS Authority 3.5 is also available here.

About Secure64 DNS Authority

Secure64 DNS Authority is authoritative name server software that’s available at all times — even during network attacks or restarts. It delivers the availability and security required in today’s networks, without the cost and complexity of conventional solutions.
Unlike products that require hardening, patching, and protection from network security devices, Secure64 DNS Authority runs on a micro OS designed from the ground up with a secure architecture. This unique approach makes Secure64 DNS Authority completely immune to compromise from rootkits and malware and 100 percent responsive to legitimate queries even while under high volume denial-of-service attacks.

About Secure64 Software Corporation

Secure64 is a software developer with the most secure DNS products available. Secure64’s patented technology provides mission-critical security and reliability, built-in protection from DDoS attacks, high throughput and low latency. It has been shown to be immune to compromise from rootkits and malware and resistant to denial of service and other network attacks. The company offers a suite of trusted and secure DNS software appliances for caching, signing, blacklisting, management, and authoritative use. They also host a testbed for detection of IP Route Hijacking. Secure64’s products are sold and serviced worldwide through Hewlett-Packard and their reseller network and directly by Secure64. For more information, visit https://secure64.com.

SECURE64 DOUBLES PERFORMANCE AND ATTACK RESISTANCE OF DNS CACHE PRODUCT

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Improved performance on the latest HP Integrity servers delivers total cost of ownership savings of 48 percent

Denver – April 3, 2013 – Secure64 Software Corporation announced that its DNS Cache product has increased its performance and resistance to denial-of-service attacks 100 percent on the new HP Integrity rx2800 i4 and BL860c i4 servers running on the Intel® Itanium® 9500 processor series. (1) By leveraging faster clock speeds, improved bus architecture and increased onboard L3 cache, Secure64 is able to offer up to double the performance while keeping its software cost the same, resulting in a savings of 48 percent in total cost of ownership. (2)

The HP Integrity rx2800 i4 and BL860c i4 platforms are reliable and secure entry-class rack-mount and blade servers supporting a range of mission-critical workloads. Based on HP enhancements and the Intel® Itanium® processor 9500 series, transactions are processed up to three times faster than previous generations, while using 21 percent less energy. (3)
“DNS performance and attack resistance have always been important, but is especially critical for mobile operators who are experiencing explosive growth in IP traffic,” said Joe Gersch, COO of Secure64. “Unlike appliance vendors, Secure64 is able to offer up to double the performance on the latest HP Integrity servers compared with previous generation servers at the same software cost. This gives customers a very cost-effective upgrade path and maintains our commitment to offer the best total cost of ownership of any carrier-grade DNS solution on the market”.
“Like many of our mission-critical clients, Secure64 was facing ever-increasing demands for uptime, performance and security in order to grow their business,” said Lorraine Bartlett, vice president of marketing, Business Critical Systems, HP. “HP’s expanded Integrity portfolio offers Secure64 the scalability, continuous availability and efficiency needed to achieve their mission-critical business goals and improve productivity.”
“Secure64 is a long-time partner of HP, and is committed to leveraging the unique security and performance characteristics of the HP Integrity server platforms and Intel Itanium microprocessor,” said Bill Worley, CTO of Secure64. “Our carrier-grade DNS solutions continue to offer unique solutions to the security challenges posed by today’s cybercriminals.”
Secure64 continues to offer full support for its software products on the previous generation HP Integrity servers, even those that have reached end-of-life status.
Secure64’s entire line of DNS products is now compatible with the HP Integrity rx2800 i4 and BL860c i4 servers. For more information about Secure64 DNS Cache, please visit https://secure64.com/fast-secure-DNS-caching.
Notes
1 Based on Secure64 lab tests that compared performance and DDoS attack resistance of Secure64 DNS Cache and Secure64 DNS Authority running on an HP Integrity rx2800 i4 with Intel Itanium 9500 processor series versus the same application software running on HP Integrity rx2800 i2 with Intel Itanium 9300 processor series.
2 Based on three year costs of hardware, software and software maintenance for the Secure64 DNS Cache product running on an HP Integrity rx2800 i4 Server versus an HP Integrity rx2800 i2 Server.
3 Based on HP internal lab testing that compared HP Integrity rx2800 i2 Severs, with Intel Itanium 9300 processor series and 24 8GB DIMM memory cards versus HP Integrity rx2800 i4 Servers, with Intel Itanium 9500 processor series and 24 8GB DIMM memory cards. The difference was 162 watts or 21.4 percent less energy consumption for the Intel Itanium 9500 processor series -based system. ENERGY STAR qualification based on published qualification data for the HP Integrity rx2800 i4 Server, in the category for Enterprise Server. Testing done June 2012.

About Secure64 Software Corporation

Secure64 is a software developer with the most secure DNS products available. Secure64’s patented technology provides mission-critical security and reliability, built-in protection from DDoS attacks, high throughput and low latency. It has been shown to be immune to compromise from rootkits and malware and resistant to denial of service and other network attacks. The company offers a suite of trusted and secure DNS software appliances for caching, signing, blacklisting, management, and authoritative use. They also host a testbed for detection of IP Route Hijacking. Secure64’s products are sold and serviced worldwide through Hewlett-Packard and their reseller network and directly by Secure64. For more information, visit https://secure64.com.

SECURE64 AND 6CONNECT TEAM TO PROVIDE SECURE DNS AND IPAM NETWORK MANAGEMENT AND PROVISIONING SOLUTIONS

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Greenwood Village, CO and San Francisco, CA – June 11, 2013 — Secure64 Software Corporation and 6connect today announced a joint solution and go to market partnership combining secure, carrier-grade DNS with advanced network management and provisioning. Their joint solution allows network managers to deploy best-in-breed DNS and IP Address Management solutions that integrate seamlessly. The solution has been successfully sold to and deployed by a leading international telecom, cable TV and Internet service provider that is modernizing its DNS and network management.

“Working with 6connect, Secure64 has integrated two industry-leading solutions to meet our customers’ stringent DNS, DNSSEC, and IPAM demands”, says Bill Bien, CEO of 6connect. “Our customers now have an integrated solution that rapidly and accurately provisions and manages their network resources, while increasing network agility, reducing administration costs, downtimes and errors. We look forward to helping our joint customers automate complexity of their network provisioning and management processes.”

The Domain Name System (DNS) maps web site names to the actual numeric Internet addresses that computing devices use to communicate. DNSSEC refers to a suite of Internet engineering task force specifications that utilizes public key cryptography to add critically needed security to the DNS. IPAM refers to the provisioning, allocation and control of IP address and allocations used within a network.

The joint solution integrates Secure64’s carrier-grade, highly secure DNS Authority and DNS Signer products that protect against denial-of-service and web site hijacking attacks with 6connect’s ProVision™ Platform, a market leading, cloud-based, solution for automating and orchestrating IPv4 and IPv6 address management, asset management, discovery, provisioning and control.

“By combining these two powerful forces in the network provisioning space, we not only improve network operations but help our customers improve the security of their DNS. Enterprises and Service Providers will be able to protect themselves against debilitating DNS denial-of-service attacks without the cost of additional security appliances, and protect against brand-damaging hijacking attacks by deploying DNSSEC quickly and easily. All of this can now be done while efficiently provisioning and managing it from within ProVision,” said Steve Goodbarn, CEO and Founder of Secure64.

About Secure64 Software Corporation

Secure64 is a software developer with the most secure DNS products available. Secure64’s patented technology provides mission-critical security and reliability, built-in protection from DDoS attacks, high throughput and low latency. It has been shown to be immune to compromise from rootkits and malware and resistant to denial of service and other network attacks. The company offers a suite of trusted and secure DNS software appliances for caching, signing, blacklisting, management, and authoritative use. They also host a testbed for detection of IP Route Hijacking. Secure64’s products are sold and serviced worldwide through Hewlett-Packard and their reseller network and directly by Secure64. For more information, visit https://secure64.com.

About 6connect

6connect is the leader in software defined network control. 6connect’s unique Dynamic Network ProVisioning (DNP) platform enables the discovery, configuration, and control of physical and virtual devices across distributed and mobile networks, cloud platforms, web-hosting platforms and data centers. Innovative customers like GoDaddy, DukeNet, Amazon, EMC, Aruba Networks, iLand Cloud Infrastructure, and CyrusOne utilize DNP to accelerate service delivery time, accurately provision complex network protocols, and dramatically reduce network complexity and costs, while achieving industry change management and compliance requirements.

6connect is based in Silicon Valley and employs an engineering team that includes some of the world’s foremost experts in IPv4/IPv6 technology, network design, operations, and management. To learn more about the company, visit 6connect at: https://www.6connect.com/

SECURE64 DOUBLES DNS CACHE PRODUCT PERFORMANCE

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Capacity Expansion Module scales DNS performance in software


Greenwood Village, CO – July 24, 2013 — Secure64 Software Corporation has released the Capacity Expansion Module, an optional add-on software module to its DNS Cache product that doubles performance in real-world traffic without requiring additional servers. By scaling performance in software, Secure64 provides mobile, fixed line, and cable operators with a simple, non-disruptive mechanism to scale DNS capacity to meet future demands.

“DNS query loads continue to rise, especially in the 4G/LTE sector which is experiencing triple digit growth”, says Steve Goodbarn, CEO of Secure64. “Failure to provide sufficient infrastructure to keep up with this growth can result in dropped queries and a poor end user experience. The Capacity Expansion Module provides the unique ability to cost-effectively add capacity in software to meet rising real-world loads. Other solutions scale performance only through expensive and disruptive server expansions or are designed to scale only under unrealistic laboratory conditions.”

The Capacity Expansion Module is available immediately. For more information, visithttps://secure64.com/capacity_expansion_module.
About Secure64 Software Corporation
Secure64 is a software developer with the most secure DNS products available. Secure64’s patented technology provides mission-critical security and reliability, built-in protection from DDoS attacks, high throughput and low latency. It has been shown to be immune to compromise from rootkits and malware and resistant to denial of service and other network attacks. The company offers a suite of trusted and secure DNS software appliances for caching, signing, blacklisting, management, and authoritative use. They also host a testbed for detection of IP Route Hijacking. Secure64’s products are sold and serviced worldwide through Hewlett-Packard and their reseller network and directly by Secure64. For more information, visit https://secure64.com.

SECURE64 UNAFFECTED BY RECENTLY ANNOUNCED BIND SECURITY VULNERABILITY

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Secure64 Non-BIND based DNS Code Base Demonstrates Value of Genetic Diversity

Greenwood Village, CO July 24, 2013 – Secure64 announced today that its family of DNS products are unaffected by the critical security vulnerability, CVE-2013-4854, reported against the widely deployed BIND DNS software. The vulnerability allows remote attackers to crash vulnerable BIND servers with a specially crafted query. Secure64’s DNS Cache, Authority and Signer products are all unaffected by this BIND-specific vulnerability, as they share no code in common with BIND.

“All software has flaws, but BIND has become the target of choice for DNS attacks because of its ubiquity,” said Steve Goodbarn, CEO of Secure64. “Organizations that rely on just one variant of the DNS risk losing their entire internet presence if there is an attack on that variant. By deploying multiple DNS solution variants, organizations can ensure business continuity even if there is a successful attack on one of them. We call this strategy ‘Genetic Diversity’ because it does for the DNS what DNA diversity does in nature – increase the odds of survival.”

About Secure64 Software Corporation
Secure64 is a software developer with the most secure DNS products available. Secure64’s patented technology provides mission-critical security and reliability, built-in protection from DDoS attacks, high throughput and low latency. It has been shown to be immune to compromise from rootkits and malware and resistant to denial of service and other network attacks. The company offers a suite of trusted and secure DNS software appliances for caching, signing, blacklisting, management, and authoritative use. They also host a testbed for detection of IP Route Hijacking. Secure64’s products are sold and serviced worldwide through Hewlett-Packard and their reseller network and directly by Secure64. For more information, visit https://secure64.com.

SECURE64 ENHANCES INDUSTRY’S FIRST SELF-PROTECTING DNS SERVER WITH DEFENSES AGAINST AMPLIFIED DNS DDOS ATTACKS

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DNS Cache 3.1 adds fine-grained control to rate limit denial-of-service attacks

Greenwood Village, CO – January 8, 2014 — Secure64®, the leading provider of secure and self-protecting DNS server software, today announced the release of its DNS Cache version 3.1 software, which adds fine-grained query rate limiting to its existing comprehensive DNS distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) defenses. These defenses allow Communication Service Providers (CSPs) to protect their subscribers and their network during the wide variety of denial-of-service attacks, including amplified DNS DDoS attacks, used by today’s attackers.

This latest release of DNS Cache adds the ability to rate limit by query type to its already industry-leading defenses, including rate limiting per client IP address, aggregate rate limiting, and protection from TCP SYN flood, reflected flood and cache poisoning attacks. It is the only DNS software or appliance ever to have its defenses tested by a third party laboratory against a variety of DDoS attacks.

“Denial of service attacks using or targeting DNS servers have become increasingly prevalent and sizable over the six years that we have been tracking them,” said Steve Goodbarn, CEO of Secure64. “CSPs have an increasingly difficult challenge to protect their subscribers’ experience in the face of today’s sophisticated attacks that threaten the availability of both the DNS servers and the network.”

“Secure64 has been focused on providing DNS server software that protects CSP networks from denial-of-service attacks since 2007”, says Joe Gersch, COO of Secure64. “Our customers have endured countless denial-of-service attacks and have never been taken out by an attack. By adding these enhancements to the latest version of DNS Cache, our users can identify and block attackers performing amplified flood attacks without disrupting legitimate users.”

DNS Cache 3.1 is available immediately.

About Secure64 Software Corporation

Secure64 is a software developer with the most secure and highest performing DNS products available. Secure64’s patented technology provides mission-critical security and reliability, built-in protection from DDoS attacks, high throughput and low latency. It has been shown to be immune to compromise from rootkits and malware and resistant to denial of service and other network attacks. The company offers a suite of trusted and secure DNS software appliances for caching, signing, blacklisting, management, and authoritative use. Secure64’s products are sold and serviced worldwide through Hewlett-Packard and their reseller network and directly by Secure64. For more information, visit https://secure64.com.

SECURE64 INTRODUCES INDUSTRY’S FIRST DNS SERVER THAT PROTECTS NETWORK BANDWIDTH DURING DNS-BASED DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACKS

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DNS Authority incorporates PipeProtector™ technology to block attack traffic at upstream routers

Greenwood Village, CO – March 4, 2014 — Secure64®, the leading provider of secure, self-protecting DNS server software, today announced a new release of its DNS Authority product that adds additional protection for both the DNS nameserver and the upstream network against high bandwidth, DNS denial-of-service attacks.

This new version of DNS Authority monitors the incoming and outgoing bandwidth consumed per client and detects clients that are conducting volume-based denial-of-service attacks. Traffic from these abusive clients can be automatically blocked in order to protect the DNS server. In addition, by incorporating Secure64’s unique PipeProtector™ technology, DNS Authority becomes the industry’s first and only authoritative DNS server software that communicates with upstream routers in order to protect the network itself.

The latest version of software allows service providers to:

• Reduce the time and cost required to defend against attacks
• Ensure the availability of server and network resources
• Protect customers from downtime
“DNS-based denial-of-service attacks are increasing in frequency and size,” said Joe Gersch, COO of Secure64, “and the larger attacks can exceed the available network capacity of many communication service providers. Under these attack conditions, many service providers can no longer afford to defend against the attacks using traditional manual methods. The new detection capabilities coupled with PipeProtector give service providers a fast, reliable way to combat these attacks before they can cause damage to either the DNS server or the network.”

This new version of DNS Authority will be available in Q2 2014.

About Secure64 Software Corporation

Secure64 is a software developer with the most secure DNS products available. Secure64’s patented technology provides mission-critical security and reliability, built-in protection from DDoS attacks, high throughput and low latency. It has been shown to be immune to compromise from rootkits and malware and resistant to denial of service and other network attacks. The company offers a suite of trusted and secure DNS software appliances for caching, signing, blacklisting, management, and authoritative use. Secure64’s products are sold and serviced worldwide through Hewlett-Packard and their reseller network and directly by Secure64. For more information, visit https://secure64.com.