Sandstorm Enterprises
| Type | Privately Held |
|---|---|
| Industry | computer software |
| Founded | (1998) |
| Headquarters | Malden, Massachusetts |
| Key people |
James VanBokkelen, Simson Garfinkel |
| Products |
NetIntercept PhoneSweep |
| Website | www.sandstorm.net |
Sandstorm Enterprises is a computer security software vendor founded in 1998 by Simson Garfinkel, James van Bokkelen, Gene Spafford,[1] Dan Geer. In January 2010, it was purchased by Niksun Enterprises.
Sandstorm is located in the greater Boston Area. Sandstorm's major products are PhoneSweep, the first [2] commercial multi-line telephone scanner (a war dialer), introduced in 1998, and NetIntercept, a commercial network forensics tool, introduced in 2001. Designed as a second-generation network analysis tool, NetIntercept operates primarily at the level of TCP and UDP data streams and application-layer objects they transport.[2][3]
In 2002 Sandstorm purchased LanWatch, a commercial packet-oriented LAN monitor originally developed by FTP Software. LanWatch is sold a separate product, but much of its functionality is used by NetIntercept to display individual packets.
References
- ↑ Garfinkel, Simson; Gene Spafford (2002). Web Security Privacy & Commerce. O'Reilly Media. p. 423. ISBN 0-596-00045-6.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Stutz, Michael (10/7/1998). "Wardialer Goes Corporate". Wired.
- ↑ InfoWorld: Sandstorm Enterprises : Company Profile