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| Founded | 1986 |
|---|---|
| Defunct | 1997 |
| Fate | Acquired by Lucent Technologies |
Key people | Steven Willens (president and CEO) [1] |
Number of employees | 90 [2] (1996) |
| Website | livingston.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 29 April 1997) |
Livingston Enterprises, Inc. was a computer networking company. [3]
History
Livingston was founded in 1986. [4]
It was involved in a legal case against USRobotics. [5]
Acquisition by Lucent
The company was acquired by Lucent Technologies in 1997. [6] [7]
Products
RADIUS
Livingston was the original author of the RADIUS standard for authentication. [8] The open source FreeRADIUS implementation that is being developed since 1999 has a syntax that is similar to the original Livingston implementation. [9]
In 1998, it released the RADIUS Accounting Billing Manager software. [10]
PortMaster
The first product released in 1990 was the PortMaster Communications Server. [11] In 1996, Livingston introduced the allowlist-based internet filter ChoiceNet, which could be used on PortMaster products. [12]
Further reading
References
- ^ Marshall, Jonathan (Oct 16, 1997). "Livingston Snatched Up By Lucent". SFGate. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
- ^ "George Gilder". Wired.
- ^ "ISDN, presume? Livingston drops prices rock bottom". Computerworld. Vol. 29, no. 44. 1995-10-30. p. 57.
- ^ "Livingston Enterprises Inc. Corporate Backgrounder". Archived from the original on July 1, 1997.
- ^ "Short Take: Livingston files countersuit". CNET. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
- ^ N. Mehta, Stephanie. "Lucent Agrees to Acquire Livingston for $650 Million". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
- ^ "Lucent to Buy Internet Servicer". The New York Times. 1997-10-16. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
- ^ Hassell, Jonathan (2002). RADIUS: Securing Public Access to Private Resources. O'Reilly Media, Inc. pp. 15–16. ISBN 9781449395889.
- ^ OS X for Hackers at Heart. 2005. ISBN 9780080489483.
- ^ "Livingston to debut remote access software". CNET. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
- ^ Kearns, Dave (May 26, 1997). "RADIUS on the radar screen". Network World. p. 21.
- ^ "Second take on Net content control". CNET. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
External links
- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 29 April 1997)
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