Steel-Belted Radius v2.1 from Funk Software, Inc. (For Enterprise Network Managers and ISPs) Platforms: NetWare, Windows NT, Solaris Price: $4,000 URL: http://www.funk.com

RADIUS servers are used by the vast majority of ISPs and are migrating to the enterprise network for use by IT managers for authentication of remote users to grant or deny access to a network. This edition of Steel-Belted Radius adds support for SQL databases from Informix, Oracle, and Sybase; supports VPNs/tunnels; permits easy customization of authentication and accounting plug-in modules; adds support for Sun Microsystems Solaris platform; and provides even faster transaction processing speeds.