Foundry Networks Leads the Industry by Becoming the First to Receive OPSEC Certification for Check Point VPN-1/FireWall-1 High Availability With Load Balancing.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 21, 2000

ServerIron Switches and Check Point VPN-1/FireWall-1 Pave the Way for

High-Performance Secure E-Commerce

Foundry Networks(TM), Inc. (Nasdaq:FDRY), a leader in high-performance end-to-end switching and routing solutions, today announced that Foundry's ServerIron(TM) Internet traffic and content management switches are the first to receive OPSEC (Open Platform for Security) Certification from Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq:CHKP), for Check Point VPN-1/FireWall-1 high availability with load balancing. Check Point certified that Foundry's award winning ServerIronXL switches are the first to provide load balancing and fail-over of all active sessions, including VPN-1 sessions, for Check Point's VPN-1/FireWall-1 4.1 products.

"Security, performance and availability are key customer requirements for an eBusiness Internet infrastructure," said Bradley Brown, director, business development, from Check Point Software Technologies. "The combination of VPN-1/FireWall-1 and Foundry's ServerIron provides customers with a best-of-breed solution that meets these requirements and supports transparent VPN-1 fail-over with no loss of connectivity for active connections."

"Foundry is pleased to lead the industry by becoming the first Web switch vendor to receive OPSEC certification to load balance VPN-1/FireWall-1 gateways," said Bobby Johnson, president and CEO of Foundry Networks. "Customers can now use the ServerIron family of high performance Web switches along with market-leading Check Point's VPN-1/FireWall-1 to build networks that are not only secure, but also scale with the exploding Internet traffic."

OPSEC certification involved rigorous testing of Foundry's ServerIron switches with Check Point VPN-1/FireWall-1 to ensure seamless interoperability and integration. By using ServerIron switches with Check Point VPN-1/FireWall-1, customers can deploy proven solutions to build mission-critical networks for secure E-Commerce. Foundry's ServerIron Web switches provide load balancing and fail-over of VPN connections to alternate Check Point VPN-1/FireWall-1 gateways for scalability and reliability.

Foundry's ServerIron family of Web switches provide sophisticated Internet traffic and content management features, including server load balancing, URL and cookie based switching, global server load balancing, firewall load balancing and transparent cache switching. Powered by Internet IronWare(TM), ServerIron Web switches lead the industry in performance, price/performance, switching intelligence and port density. Further, Foundry is the first vendor to provide end-to-end networking infrastructure solutions that encompass high-performance Web switches, Internet Routers, and wire-speed Layer 2/3 switches.

About OPSEC

OPSEC (Open Platform for Security) is the industry's leading open, multi-vendor security framework. With over 250 partners, OPSEC guarantees customers the broadest choice of best-of-breed integrated applications and deployment platforms that support Check Point's Secure Virtual Network Architecture. Products that carry the OPSEC Certified seal have been tested to guarantee integration and interoperability. For complete OPSEC Alliance program information including partner and product listings, the freely available OPSEC SDK (software development kit) and evaluation versions of OPSEC Certified products, visit http://www.opsec.com.

About Foundry Networks

Foundry Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:FDRY) is a leader in high performance end-to-end switching and routing solutions including Internet routers, Layer 3 switches and Layer 4-7 Internet traffic and content management switches. Foundry products are installed in the world's largest ISPs including AOL (NYSE:AOL), EarthLink (Nasdaq: ELNK), AT&T WorldNet, MSN and Cable & Wireless (NYSE:CWP). Foundry products are also installed in large enterprise, entertainment, pharmaceutical and manufacturing companies as well as search engines, e-commerce sites, universities and government organizations. Some of these customers include: The University of Washington, LucasFilm, Yahoo! (Nasdaq:YHOO), LTV Steel (NYSE:LTV), Incyte Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq:INCY), U.S. Army, Air Force and Navy, NASA and NIH. For more information about the company and its products, call 1.888.TURBO.LAN or visit our web site at www.foundrynetworks.com.

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