Check Point Debuts FireWall 2.1 in First UK Showing

Now Supports Windows NT and Windows 95

Redwood City, CA —

Check Point Software Technologies is unveiling its newest version of FireWall-1 at Networks '96. Firewall 2.1 has been enhanced to include Internet and intranet gateway and management console support for Windows NT and Windows 95. Other new product features include integrated support for FireWall-1 SecuRemote client encryption software on Windows 95 and extended integrated application support for RealAudio, VDOLive, Internet Phone and Oracle SQLNet.

Marius Nacht, VP international operations, Check Point Software, commented, "By extending FireWall-1 support to Windows NT and Windows 95, we are addressing corporate demand for robust network security on these platforms. The software can be installed locally or remotely via a Windows 95 or Windows NT graphical user interface and can be integrated with existing UNIX-based installations, giving users flexibility and systems administrators and easy to configure solution."

About FireWall-1
As the first shrinkwrapped firewall package, and the first to employ an easy-to-use graphical user interface, FireWall-1 is consistently recognized by trade publications and users for its usability, flexibility, extensibility and high performance.
Based on Check Point's unique, patent-pending "stateful inspection" architecture, the product is the most flexible, easy-to-install, configure, and maintain firewall product available. More than 120 applications, services and protocols are supported out-of-the-box, and administrators can easily customize the firewall to incorporate new and in-house applications. FireWall-1 allows the enterprise's customized security policy to be created, monitored, and maintained from a single workstation, and enables network managers to configure and manage multiple firewalls throughout the enterprise from one, centralized management station. The product is also sold by SunSoft, Inc. as Solstice FireWall-1.

About Check Point Software
Check Point Software Technologies develops, markets and supports network security software products that enable connectivity with security and manageability, and was the leading vendor of network security software in 1995 with 40% share of the firewall market (according to IDC). Check Point's products are sold through OEMs including SunSoft, Inc., distributors and resellers including UB Networks and Vanstar Corporation, and Internet service providers and other partners worldwide, including Pacific Bell Network Integration and Hewlett-Packard Company. The company has U.S. headquarters in Redwood City, California and international headquarters in Ramat-Gan, Israel.

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