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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]
Livingston was founded in 1986. [4]
It was involved in a legal case against USRobotics. [5]
The company was acquired by Lucent Technologies in 1997. [6] [7]
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]
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]
The PortMaster 4 was comparable to the Ascend Communications MAX series. [13]
- ^ Marshall, Jonathan (Oct 16, 1997). "Livingston Snatched Up By Lucent". SFGate. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
- ^ Bronson, Po. "George Gilder". Wired. 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.
- ^ Hurley, Chris; Rogers, Russ; Long, Johnny; Owad, Tom; Potter, Bruce (2005). OS X for Hackers at Heart. Elsevier. 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.
- ^ "New $20 billion voice-data pairing faces off against Cisco". InfoWorld. Jan 18, 1999. p. 23.
- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 29 April 1997)
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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]
Livingston was founded in 1986. [4]
It was involved in a legal case against USRobotics. [5]
The company was acquired by Lucent Technologies in 1997. [6] [7]
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]
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]
The PortMaster 4 was comparable to the Ascend Communications MAX series. [13]
- ^ Marshall, Jonathan (Oct 16, 1997). "Livingston Snatched Up By Lucent". SFGate. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
- ^ Bronson, Po. "George Gilder". Wired. 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.
- ^ Hurley, Chris; Rogers, Russ; Long, Johnny; Owad, Tom; Potter, Bruce (2005). OS X for Hackers at Heart. Elsevier. 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.
- ^ "New $20 billion voice-data pairing faces off against Cisco". InfoWorld. Jan 18, 1999. p. 23.
- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 29 April 1997)
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| This article related to a computer company is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
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- Alcatel-Lucent
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- American companies disestablished in 1997
- Computer companies established in 1986
- Computer companies disestablished in 1997
- Defunct computer companies of the United States
- Defunct computer hardware companies
- Defunct networking companies