| 12/02/2007 12:54:28 |
 Eugene Mayevski |
SecureBlackbox 6 will be presented in a week or two. What news do we have for the users?
First of all, it's a code that was carefully checked for possible weak places and security vulnerabilities. While there were not much security fixes, some places in the code could affect the performance of the system, if they dealt with specialy prepared data. Obviously, I can't tell much until SBB 6 is released.
Another important addition is introduction of Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC or EC cryptography) mathematics and algorithms. As written in one of the previous blog posts, EC cryptography promises better speed on much shorter keys. It is considered to be the algorithm set of choice in the next 15-20 years. SecureBlackbox is one of the first security toolsets to provide EC crypto support.
One more thing is various improvements in SSH and SFTP protocols. SSH components are one of the most used components in SecureBlackbox. And it's not a surprise, as demand for secure remote access and secure file exchange grows. SecureBlackbox with it's SFTPBlackbox package is the leading component collection for SFTP support, with unbeated combination of numerous features and low price.
Finally, we have plans to re-write the source code of ActiveX edition, in order to remove the mess with secondary interfaces in various controls. In SecureBlackbox 5 and before each control implemented a number of interfaces (such as IElSftpClientX, IElSftpClientX2, IElSftpClientX3 etc.). In SecureBlackbox 6 there will be new interfaces and new controls. This will let the users easily call various functions from scripting environments and will reduce the number of lines of code, needed to use the components. Of course, for compatibility with existing applications and user code the old interfaces will be available too.
See our News section for upcoming news about SecureBlackbox 6.
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