Check Point Software Technologies Announces Secure Support for Xing Streamworks

Redwood City, CA —

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., a leader in network security software, today announced that its Check Point FireWall-1 network security software now provides integrated secure support for Xing Technology Corporation's StreamWorks 2.0 software for live and on-demand video and audio. Instructions for adding support for StreamWorks are available by visiting Check Point's Web page (http://www.checkpoint.com). Check Point is the first firewall vendor to announce support for this emerging standard for live and on-demand Internet broadcasting.

FireWall-1, which today supports more than 120 applications, services and protocols, is designed to allow administrators to easily customize the firewall to incorporate new applications. Most Internet audio and video technology, including Xing Technology's StreamWorks, is based on connectionless protocols such as UDP. This makes it difficult or impossible for most firewalls to support these technologies securely. FireWall-1's Stateful Inspection implementation secures UDP-based applications by maintaining a virtual connection on top of UDP communications. Additionally, FireWall-1's programmable INSPECT ENGINE enables extensible Stateful Inspection which allows Check Point to provide support for new applications such as Xing Technolgy's StreamWorks quickly and easily.

"As Internet audio and video technologies become standard methods for conducting business and communicating with global counterparts, corporations are demanding that these communications be secured through corporate firewalls," stated Dr. Deborah Triant, CEO and president of Check Point Software Technologies, Inc. "FireWall-1 enables companies and individuals who want to use these cutting-edge technologies to do so safely and securely."

"Many of our customers are using StreamWorks to transmit and share sensitive corporate information such as employee training videos and speeches by company executives," stated David Oldfield, vice-president of marketing at Xing Technology Corporation. "We are pleased that Check Point Software Technologies has made this commitment to StreamWorks, to allow our customers to leverage our technology securely."

About FireWall-1
Check Point FireWall-1 is a market leading global network security solution providing integrated Internet and Intranet access control as well as strong authentication and encryption services for secure remote access and virtual private networks. As the first shrinkwrapped firewall package, and the first to employ an easy to-use graphical user interface, FireWall-1 is NCSA-certified and recognized by users and trade publications for its usability, flexibility, extensibility and high-performance. The product is installed at thousands of customer sites worldwide, making it the most widely-tested security solution on the market.

Based upon Check Point's unique, patent-pending "Stateful Inspection" architecture, FireWall-1 supports more than 120 pre-defined services, applications and protocols. The product employs a distributed, client/server architecture, providing scalability, centralized management for multiple firewall gateways, router access tables, and database servers, and cross-platform support for Windows 95, Windows NT, and UNIX.

About CHECK POINT Software Technologies Ltd.
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. is a leader in global network security software applications. The Company's flagship product, Check Point FireWall-1 protects internal and external network communication for thousands of organizations of all sizes. The Company commanded a 40% share of the worldwide firewall market in 1995 according to an IDC study from February 1996. Its products are sold worldwide through numerous OEM partners, distributors, VARs, systems and network integrators and Internet Service Providers. Listed under the symbol "CHKPF," the company has U.S. headquarters in Redwood City, California and international headquarters in Ramat-Gan, Israel. For product information, please call (650) 482-4900, e-mail info@checkpoint.com or visit Check Point at http://www.checkpoint.com.

About StreamWorks
StreamWorks, developed by Xing Technology Corporation ("Xing") is the first commercially available low-cost solution for world-wide and local network delivery of live and on-demand video+audio. The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) has broadly deployed StreamWorks for broadcast delivery of financial news programming to subscribers in the U.S and Europe. New applications are being developed with StreamWorks for distance learning, corporate communications, news delivery and computer based training in corporate, educational, government and health care markets, employing wide area, local area and ISDN networks.

About Xing Technology Corporation
A pioneer in digital compression software, Xing (pronounced "ZING") is the leader in standards-based solutions for creating, delivering, and playing digital audio and video. StreamWorks customers include NBC, Reuters, Bloomberg, Capitol Records, C|net, Sportsline USA, Telcom Finland, and Sumitomo. Xing Technology Corp. is located at 1540 West Branch Street, Arroyo Grande, California, 93420. Phone 805/473-0145

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