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eWeek
June 10, 2002
Responding to the overwhelming popularity of instant messaging and peer-to-peer file sharing programs, a San Diego, Calif. startup later this month will roll out a platform designed to monitor and secure the protocols these programs use.
Akonix Systems Inc. on Monday announced the pending availability of its L7 platform. The system works by monitoring the traffic to and from IM and P2P clients on a corporate network and enforcing pre-determined company policies.
The software uses protocol adapter sets, each of which is able to monitor and translate a specific type of protocol. All of the activity is then stored and reported to the administrator.
The L7 software includes a built-in virus-scanning engine which stops infected files at the network perimeter.
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