NTI

The Network Traffic Interceptor is a new concept in virus scanning network traffic. Instead of using proxies like other products, the NTI program actually implements an antivirus firewall in the computer itself. This is a new standard in virus scanning because it intercepts any potential threat prior to it's access to user application memory.

This is very important for the following reasons.

80% of all attacks originate within the inside LAN. A single point of control firewall can only stop attacks from the outside LAN. NTI implements a firewall for antivirus purposes on every workstation, solving this problem.
If a large number of people all attempt to use a centralized firewall then it will suffer bandwidth throughput problems. By locating the most process and bandwidth intensive part of the firewall on the local system there is no aggregate problem.
[Most Important] By intercepting viruses at the IP packet layer, they can be analyzed prior to reaching an application where they can potentially execute. This is especially true of email and web browsers with extensions such as Java.
In addition, NTI with VFind allows end users to default Java and Java Script to on in their Web Browsers while insuring that known Java attacks are blocked, no matter what the source. This can be important when using smart web sites that utilize Java and Java Script. Without this ability, the user has to choose between not accessing those sites, turning Java on and off on a per site basis or accepting the risk of leaving it on all of the time.

NTI is capable of scanning any traffic going into or out of a system. In NTI version 20, the first commercial version, CyberSoft has pre configured NTI to virus scan for all ftp file transfers, http downloads, SSL secure sockets layer, https downloads, pop3 email, smtp email and SMIME email attachments (See NTI-CRYPTO below for SSL, https and SMIME information.)

NTI can be executed on both the local workstation and on servers. Currently, March 2000, NTI is available for Solaris 2.5.1 and above, HPUX 11.0 and above and Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 5.