- Enterprise, Distributed Security -
Focus of MetaSolv's Application Security Library V3.0

First Application Security Library to support firewall databases, multiple
login authentication methods, and access to distributed databases.

DALLAS, July 31, 1995 - MetaSolv Software, Inc., today announced the
release of Application Security Library V3.0. MetaSolv's Application
Security Library is an add-on tool which provides security to applications
developed with Powersoft Corporation's PowerBuilder. Application Security
Library V3.0 addresses an increasing demand to provide mainframe-style
data security on distributed desktops without compromising flexibility and
ease-of-use for GUI applications.

"As more organizations are migrating their mission critical applications to
the client/server platform using PowerBuilder, the demand for
sophistication and flexibility in administering application security
increased. The emphasis with Version 3.0 is to provide an
industrial-strength solution for security to these organizations," said
Dana Brown, director of marketing at MetaSolv. "Version 3.0 enables the
implementation of multiple security architectures including the use of
firewall databases, as well as provides connection to existing security
systems such as IBM RACF or Novell NetWare," Brown said.

The Application Security Library is comprised of two major components: the
Security Administration Library which manages the secured objects and
authorizations, and the Security Implementation Object, the actual "link"
between the developed application and the Security repository.

Administration Library

The Administration Library provides a repository for storing information
about secured applications, and the objects used to build these
applications such as, Windows and PowerBuilder controls which can be
placed on or referenced by a Window, such as: Menu Items, Command Buttons,
DataWindows and other control objects. The Library automatically loads
into the security repository PowerBuilder Window and Window Control
objects from the application PowerBuilder library files, and database
objects from the application database tables. Field level security is
provided for the display and editing of DataWindow columns. Security
authorizations to these objects can be granted at a group or user level.
Highlighted features for the Security Administration Library Version 3.0
include:

*Twelve different architectures for configuring the use of the Security
Repository, Login Authentication, and Firewall databases, with the
application database.

*Simplified user interface for automatically loading information into the
Security Repository.

*The default background and text color of secured columns can be configured
per application. For example, all read-only data will display as red text
on a gray background. Additionally, secured controls may be either
disabled or made invisible to the user.

*PowerFrame Security 3.0 adds the ability to secure nested user objects,
such as securing individual tab controls within the tab folder.

Security Implementation Object

The Security Implementation Object provides the link between the developed
application and the Security repository. In Version 3.0, new features
include:

*Users logging into an application can have their ID and password validated
by any five sources including the DBMS login, an encrypted database
password table, or the user's NetWare ID and password as well as retain
the use of previous login authentication schemes such as RACF.

*Smart database transaction objects have the intelligence to automatically
set up the necessary parameters to connect to the DBMS; connect to the
application database; validate the user's ID and password; and check for
errors.

The Application Security Library V3.0 is currently available directly from
MetaSolv Software, Inc. Pricing is licensed per production server at
$1795*. Contact MetaSolv Software for further information,
1-800-747-0791.

MetaSolv Software, Inc., headquartered in Dallas, Texas, was founded in
1992 to develop and market a new alternative to packaged
software--reusable class libraries based on object oriented, client/server
development tools.
 MetaSolv Software is a leading Powersoft CODE partner. The company's first
line of products, PowerFrame, provides a suite of reusable class libraries
and custom objects and utilities for PowerBuilder and has enjoyed
widespread acceptance. MetaSolv's second line of products, ASAP, is a set
of business templates and Windows-based client/server applications that
support the ordering and provisioning of switched and special access
services and circuits for the telecommunications industry.

* All prices quoted are in US dollars and limited to the United States and
Canada.
 
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