[aclug-L] Fw: ----The InfoWorld Scoop [YEAR 2000 EDITION - 04/21/99]

["Roger Jolicoeur" <komula@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 I found a couple of interesting notes in my mail and thought you 'all might
be interested. Did my message on the ftp server make it out?  Anyone have
any ideas?

Roger Jolicoeur
komula@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


>TIRED OF CHANGING BACKUP TAPES?
>
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>http://www.hp.com/tape/datasheets/dat24x6.html.
>
>________________________________________________________
>
>GROUP OFFERS FREE LINUX-BASED ENCRYPTION SOFTWARE
>
>After three years of work, an open-source project called
>Linux FreeS/WAN last week released its first version of
>free Linux-based software that encrypts data as it
>crosses the Internet.
>
>FreeS/WAN (Secure/Wide Area Network) software,
>installed on a PC running under the Linux operating
>system, lets the PC serve as a secure gateway in a
>virtual private network (VPN), according to Hugh
>Daniel, project manager with FreeS/WAN, in Toronto.
>
>For the full story:
>http://www.infoworld.com/scoop/scx?990421nw3