Funk Software Announces Odyssey Client, Universal 802.1x Client for Enterprise WLAN and Hotspot Access; Strong Security Protects User Credentials and Data.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SUPERCOMM 2002

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 4, 2002

Can be Private-Labeled by Hotspot Providers and WISPs Who Need to

Offer Secure, 802.1x-Based Access

SuperComm Booth #11905 - Funk Software, the leading commercial developer of RADIUS solutions, today announced the commercial release of Odyssey(TM) Client, a universal access Client based on the IEEE security standard 802.1x that lets enterprise and hotspot users securely and anonymously connect over a wireless link to a network.

Odyssey Client is available stand-alone, or can be private-labeled or integrated into an existing connection manager by hotspot providers and WISPs who wish to provide a universal 802.1x client to their enterprise customers.

"802.1x has already emerged as the WLAN security standard for the enterprise - and now these companies are demanding its strong security when their workers connect from airports, coffee shops, and other wireless hotspot locations," said Joe Ryan, vice president of Funk Software. "Hotspot providers and WISPs can meet these enterprise customers' security requirements - and add new 802.1x services to their offerings - with Odyssey Client."

Odyssey Client supports multiple strong WLAN security methods - fully protecting users against wireless snooping and cryptographic attack on credentials and data - and runs on Windows XP, 2000, 98, and Me.

A secure, easy-to-implement WLAN client for the enterprise, Odyssey Client also is ideally suited to hotspot providers and WISPs who need to enable secure and anonymous access over the public Internet for their enterprise customers. With Odyssey Client, these providers can:

-- Provide secure access from any hotspot, while permitting users to connect
with their usual corporate credentials. Odyssey Client's innovative security
protocol EAP-TTLS fully protects user credentials over the link, and prevents
known wireless security hazards such as dictionary attack on password.

-- Provide a universal 802.1x client to their enterprise customers, for a
single user experience in the enterprise and while roaming - A universal
client, for use both at the enterprise and hotspot, provides a consistent user
experience, plus significantly eases the WLAN access roll-out and support
process.

-- Easily deploy Odyssey Client across all enterprise users - Odyssey Client's
auto-install feature lets providers set connection settings, and then
automatically push them to their enterprise customers, for rapid deployment and
minimal support impact.

-- Provide users' identity privacy and locational privacy - Odyssey Client
fully protects users' identities between the client node and the trusted
provider, to protect their locational privacy against surveillance, undesired
acquisition of marketing information and other intrusions from monitoring and
eavesdropping.

-- Protect confidential customer lists - Because Odyssey Client protects
credentials and identity, providers can comfortably provide access via a number
of smaller hotspot operators without concern for the privacy of their customer
lists.

-- Easily customize with corporate identity, to create branded presence on
customers' desktop.

-- Integrate 802.1x functionality into an existing client, to provide 802.1x
capability within a client which already performs other functions, such as dial
or VPN access.

"We don't believe 802.1x will supplant browser-based user authentication at the hotspot," Ryan continued. "Instead, the two authentication methods will likely coexist, allowing providers to accommodate casual, on-demand users with no security requirements, while adding new 802.1x services to satisfy their enterprise customers' requirements for secure, anonymous access to the corporate network over the public Internet."

Odyssey Client is compatible with a wide variety of 802.1x wireless adapter cards, including those from Agere, Avaya, Cisco, Enterasys, Intermec, and others. It runs on Windows XP, 2000, 98, and Me. For full security, Odyssey Client requires an EAP-TTLS- or EAP-TLS-compatible RADIUS server, such as Odyssey Server from Funk Software.

Pricing and Availability

Odyssey Client v1.0 is available immediately, directly from Funk Software as well as through local system integrators and VARs and Ingram Micro and Tech Data. It is available outside the US through Funk Software's network of authorized international partners. Odyssey Client costs $50; quantity discounts and private-label licensing are available.

About Funk Software

Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Funk Software is the leading commercial developer of RADIUS/AAA and wireless LAN security solutions. Its market-leading Steel-Belted Radius family of commercial AAA solutions for wireless operator, service provider, and enterprise networks is in use on thousands of public and private networks worldwide, delivering a highly scalable AAA solution that meets the needs of the largest customers. The Steel-Belted Radius family of RADIUS/AAA solutions includes Steel-Belted Radius/Service Provider Edition, Steel-Belted Radius Concurrency Server, Steel-Belted Radius Port Allocation System, Steel-Belted Radius Mobile IP Module, and Steel-Belted Radius/Enterprise Edition. The company also offers an end-to-end 802.1X WLAN security solution, Odyssey, which can be easily and widely deployed on enterprise networks. For more information, visit www.funk.com.