Data Fellows announces release of F-Secure SSH client for Macintosh, offering peerless military-grade data encryption program.

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 31, 1997--

Mac Users Can Now Enjoy Unparalleled Security in Global

TCP/IP Data Transmissions on the Internet; No Hindrance

by U.S. Export Restrictions

Data Fellows, the global leader in computer security, announces the addition of a Macintosh platform to its popular line of F-Secure SSH software.

F-Secure SSH Client for Macintosh secures data transmissions between Macintosh clients and UNIX servers running F-Secure SSH for UNIX. Macintosh users can now set up a military-strength encryption and security solution between their branch offices, customers, vendors, and partners worldwide without being crippled by the U.S. export restrictions.

F-Secure SSH has been available for UNIX and Windows environments and has stood up to the challenges of the most demanding customers in tens of thousands of organizations throughout 40 countries, with customers including NASA, BBN Corp., MCI Corp. and the San Diego Supercomputer Center. F-Secure SSH products provide unparalleled speed, strength of encryption, and ease-of-use which are now available for the first time to Macintosh users. Their unmatched cryptographic features include:

Ultra-secure TCP/IP transmissions. F-Secure SSH Client for Macintosh users can now enjoy unparalleled protection of TCP/IP services by replacing the TCP/IP terminal program telnet to provide terminal connections, thus allowing totally secure data transmissions of Internet mail and http traffic.

Unique handshake protection. An innovative combination of two technologies when, at the beginning of a data transmission, the client and server authenticate each other with the RSA public key technology, removing the need for a centralized authentication server.

Super-powerful encryption keys. At least 1,024-bit RSA keys for authentication and at least 128 bit keys in symmetric encryption -- which provides security that modern global computing power could not break in a billion years!

Worldwide availability. The products have been developed in Europe and thus do not fall under the U.S. ITAR export regulations. F-Secure products can be used with the same unlimited, military-grade encryption in every country where encryption is legal.

Pre-licensed algorithms. F-Secure products are sold with pre-licensed patented encryption algorithms like RSA, three-key 3DES and Blowfish, to provide the best possible security.

"By encrypting interactive terminal and X-window sessions, eliminating plain-text passwords, and providing other services, F-Secure SSH closes some of the most significant authentication and security vulnerabilities in our distributed computational environment," explains Wayne Schroeder, principal technologist and systems and security software specialist at the San Diego Supercomputer Center.

"F-Secure SSH has been the killer security application in UNIX and Windows environments. Now the same de-facto standard works in Macintosh clients," says Risto Siilasmaa, chief executive officer of Data Fellows.

F-Secure SSH Client for Macintosh is priced at $99 per workstation, with volume discounts available.

Privately-owned Data Fellows is the leading technology provider of data security solutions for computer networks and desktop computers. In November 1996, the company's F-Secure product line was awarded the European IT'96 Grand Prize of more than $200,000 organized by the European Commission's ITEA/EURO-CASE Secretariat. The products are available world-wide in more than 40 countries through Data Fellows and its global business partners. For more information, contact Data Fellows, 4000 Moorpark Avenue, Suite 207, San Jose, Calif., 95117; 408-244-9090; fax [phone]; http://www.DataFellows.com or [e-mail] .

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