Open System Consultants Pty Ltd, a provider of leading ISP and networking applications, today announced that it has joined the RSA Secured Partner Program to support interoperability between Radiator Radius Server and RSA SecurID® two-factor authentication software. As part of the program, Radiator has been awarded “RSA Secured RSA SecurID Ready” certification signaling its compatibility with RSA Security’s authentication. The RSA Secured certification lets organizations know that Radiator is compatible with RSA Security’s market-leading security products and technologies.

For a number of years, Radiator has been a world-leading Radius server, offering compatibility with a wide range of authentication methods and databases, including DBM, LDAP, SQL, NIS, PAM, Unix password, flat files, Active Directory and many others. Radiator technology provides superior flexibility, configurability, reliability and portability over other Radius servers, and runs on all Windows and Unix platforms, including Windows NT and 2000, Linux, Solaris, SunOS, SCO, FreeBSD, AIX, HPUX, Irix and others.The addition of RSA SecurID two-factor authentication compatibility allows Radius authentication from the RSA ACE/Server®, either independently or in conjunction with other authentication methods and ISP billing packages.

“We are delighted to team with RSA Security and integrate Radiator with the world’s market-leading two-factor authentication solution,” said Mike McCauley, Managing Director of Open System Consultants. “Radiator is now able to provide even more flexibility to Radius authentication systems.”

“We are excited to welcome Open System Consultants Pty Ltd to the RSA Secured Partner Program,” said David Kanto, director of partner development at RSA Security. “Our strategic partner program is one of the most aggressive and successful in the industry and we look forward to working with Open System Consultants to help deliver secure e-business solutions to our customers.”

About Open System Consultants Open System Consultants provides software and consulting services, specializing in Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and Access Service Providers (ASPs) in the area of telecommunications and corporate networking. As a major solution provider to these industry segments, Open System Consultants has achieved global recognition for its Radiator RADIUS server, as well as other network management products. In addition to software development the company, provides full customization, training, installation and consulting services for its wide range of products. Open System Consultants was established in 1991 in Melbourne, Australia and has deployed a global network of representatives to professionally serve its markets.

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