Data Fellows Ltd. Media Release For immediate release 19 March 1998 DATA FELLOWS INTRODUCES THE SECURITY SOLUTION FOR CORPORATE NETWORKS F-Secure VPN+ offers worldwide strong security for all aspects of todays networking ESPOO, FINLAND -- Data Fellows Ltd., a leading software development company known for its F-Secure anti-virus and cryptography products, has today introduced F-Secure VPN+, a complete security solution for all enterprise networking. F-Secure VPN+ is the successor of the award winning F-Secure VPN, an encrypting router that enables one to build a virtual private network over the Internet using strong cryptographic security. Now the F-Secure VPN+ product family is going one step further by facilitating the security integration of small sites and independent workstations to the corporate network. The extended corporate network may include corporate sites, partners or distributors, remote offices and even laptops. F-Secure VPN+ consists of three products: F-Secure VPN+ Gateway, F-Secure VPN+ Client (for the desktop), and F-Secure VPN+ Server. These components can be combined to build a variety of secure virtual private networks that cover all aspects of corporate networking. Such VPNs include the following: - Business VPN+: provides a cost-effective security solution for intranet connections between corporate sites. In-corporate communication can be encrypted with powerful F-Secure VPN+ Gateways regardless of the network technology. - Partner VPN+: offers strong authentication and filtering capabilities for extranet connections between an organization and its partners, subcontractors, or distributors. It keeps unwanted users out and facilitates secure communication no matter where the data goes to. - Remote Office VPN+: supports telecommuting as a method of working. It is a scaleable and cost-effective solution for securing communication over the Internet for the Small Office and the Home Office. - Traveling VPN+: secures the extension of the corporate network to employees on the road. Typical remote networking applications, such as email, or accessing corporate file servers, can be secured transparently. - Service VPN+: is suitable for organizations offering systems management services. It ensures that only the authorized systems manager can access the remote system and that administration data cannot be seen or tampered with by unauthorized outsiders. Service VPN also provides Internet Service Providers with the opportunity to find new sources of revenue by offering VPN based services, or hybrid customer networks with VPN links. Its powerful management features help the operator in maintaining the customer network. "Small and medium sized organizations don't need to wait any more," Mr. Jukka Kotovirta, Director of Sales from Data Fellows. "They are now able to build their own networks by using regular Internet connections combined with the F-Secure VPN+ security solutions. Large organizations can also utilize F-Secure VPN+ to extend their corporate network to sites outside the corporate domain." F-Secure VPN+ is firewall and router independent, allowing for the building of extranets on top of existing infrastructures. "The F-Secure VPN+ architecture is uniquely wide: it is compatible with all existing router and firewall solutions, and all major platforms," says Mr. Kotovirta. "For the end user, the strength of the product is its transparency. As F-Secure VPN+ operates at the OSI level 3, which is invisible at the application level, it does not require any changes to applications or their configurations." The F-Secure VPN+ will be released in June-July 1998. F-Secure VPN+ Server will initially be available for Microsoft Windows NT and Sun Solaris. F-Secure VPN+ Gateway will operate in Windows NT and Solaris. F-Secure VPN+ Client will initially operate in Solaris, Windows NT 4 and Windows95. The products use the SSH and IPSec security protocols. About Data Fellows: Data Fellows is one of the worlds leading developers of data security products with offices in San Jose, California and Espoo, Finland. Its groundbreaking F-Secure product family is a unique combination of globally available, strong encryption and revolutionary anti-virus software. The integrated F-Secure product range provides a complete security solution for enterprises, and includes file encryption and IPSec communication encryption products, VPN gateways, SSH based secure remote management software, and a full range of anti-virus products to workstations, servers and gateways. Data Fellows is also the developer of the award winning F-PROT Professional anti-virus, now part of the dual scanning engine concept of F-Secure Anti-Virus. Data Fellows is privately owned. Since it was founded in 1988, its annual net growth of net sales has been over 80%. Data Fellows offers a worldwide network of technical support, training and distribution in over 70 countries. Data Fellows belongs to an elite group of companies that have a triple-A rating from Dun&Bradstreet. For further information, please contact: Mr. Jukka Kotovirta, Director of Sales Tel. +358 9 859 900, Fax. +358 9 8599 0599 E-Mail: jukka.kotovirta@DataFellows.com or visit our web site at http://www.datafellows.com ALSO, VISIT OUT BOOTH AT CEBITŽ98 (HALL 3, STAND B46) €€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€ Mia.Westerholm@DataFellows.com http://www.DataFellows.com Data Fellows Ltd. PL 24 FIN-02231 ESPOO, FINLAND Tel. +358 9 859 900 Fax. +358 9 8599 0599