CyberGuard's NetOctave Division Adds New Board and Features To Its IPsec And SSL Hardware Acceleration Products - Network Security Company Outlines Progressive Product Road Map -.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK Research Triangle Park, research, business, medical, and educational complex situated in central North Carolina. It has an area of 6,900 acres (2,795 hectares) and is 8 × 2 mi (13 × 3 km) in size. Named for the triangle formed by Duke Univ. , N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 10, 2003 NetOctave, a leading manufacturer of security processors and accelerator boards for the SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) The leading security protocol on the Internet. Developed by Netscape, SSL is widely used to do two things: to validate the identity of a Web site and to create an encrypted connection for sending credit card and other personal data. (secure sockets layer (networking, security) Secure Sockets Layer - (SSL) A protocol designed by Netscape Communications Corporation to provide secure communications over the Internet using asymmetric key encryption. ) and IPsec (Internet protocol security) markets and a newly acquired division of CyberGuard Corporation (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange :CFW CFW Custom Firmware CFW Call Forward CFW Cystic Fibrosis Worldwide CFW Cache Fast Write CFW Citizens for Florida's Waterways CFW Center for Writing (education) CFW Continuous Fillet Weld (engineering) ), today announced the addition of a new half-height PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). (peripheral component interconnect See PCI. (hardware) Peripheral Component Interconnect - (PCI) A standard for connecting peripherals to a personal computer, designed by Intel and released around Autumn 1993. PCI is supported by most major manufacturers including Apple Computer. ) board to its NSP (1) (Network Service Provider) An organization that provides a high-speed Internet backbone to ISPs and other service providers. Sprint, MCI and UUNET are examples of NSPs. See Internet backbones. 2000 SSL and NSP3000 IPsec product families. The company also announced a number of software enhancements and features in its upcoming 2.4 software. Available immediately, the half-height versions of NetOctave's IPsec and SSL PCI cards are designed to meet the needs of OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and (original equipment manufacturer) customers whose systems have space and form factor constraints. Like the full-height versions, the new half-height form factor products deliver record performance. The NSP3000B-IPSEC Half-Height is capable of 650 Mbps 3DES/SHA-1 and up to 700 IKE Phase 1 connections per second. The NSP2000B-SSL Half-Height can perform up to 2,000 SSL connections per second and up to 650 Mbps ARC4/MD5 record processing. The 2.4 software release, scheduled to be available in May, adds design features to enable higher IPsec 3DES system-level throughput, 0.9.6i OpenSSL support and a number of NetOctave Software Development Kit optimizations to increase system-level performance. Follow-on software releases will add OpenSSL 0.9.7 and IPsec application support for FreeS/WAN and SSH (Secure SHell) A security protocol for logging into a remote server. SSH provides an encrypted session for transferring files and executing server programs. Also serving as a secure client/server connection for applications such as database access and e-mail, SSH supports a Quicksec(TM). "The half-height board products represent the next step in our hardware road map which will include additional announcements in the summer timeframe," stated Jim Kristof, general manager of the NetOctave division. "The software features continue NetOctave's effort to provide a comprehensive solution for our SSL and IPsec OEM customers. Together, the announcements demonstrate our commitment to a road map that delivers the tightly integrated hardware and software required to realize maximum security performance at the system level." Highlights: Addition of half-height board to product family New software features including: -- OpenSSL 0.9.6i integrated with NSP2000 SSL -- OpenSSL application-aware buffer management -- Optimization for 3DES performance for IPsec -- New callback and event completion options -- SDK optimization -- Extensions for run-time selection of operations About NetOctave NetOctave, The Network Security Processor Company(TM), a division of CyberGuard Corporation, is a leading developer of silicon-based network security solutions. The company's IPsec and SSL offerings are unique in their ability to support high connection rates and scale to multi-gigabit throughput rates, enabling wire-speed security in next-generation systems. NetOctave's ICs, chipsets and boards easily integrate into OEM system products and address next-generation network security requirements without hindering system performance. The division is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. More information can be found at http://www.netoctave.com. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve certain risks, uncertainties and factors, including without limitation, those described in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, that may cause the company's future actual results to materially differ from the company's current expectations. The company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements. |
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