Check Point Software Announces Industry's First IP Address Management Solution for Linux
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New Linux Product Furthers Integration with Complete, Scalable, Enterprise-wide VPN REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - June 15, 1999 - Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHKP), the worldwide leader in secure enterprise networking, today announced Check Point Meta IP™ Services for Linux, the industry's first IP address management solution available for the popular Linux operating system. With Meta IP Services for Linux, network administrators now can run Meta IP's powerful DNS and DHCP services natively on Linux servers. Meta IP integrates with FireWall-1 and VPN-1™ Gateway from Check Point Software, seamlessly providing them with user information. Meta IP enables administrators to easily manage the IP address and name space for complex, global networks and provides the foundation for user-based security and policy management through Check Point's Meta IP User-to-Address Mapping™ (UAM) technology. Meta IP's DNS and DHCP services are also available for Unix and Windows NT environments. "Today many large enterprises are deploying IP services on the Linux platform," said Asheem Chandna, vice president of marketing and business development for Check Point Software Technologies. "With the availability of Meta IP Services for Linux our customers can now centrally manage IP services that are distributed and deployed across all the major Unix platforms and Windows NT." More than 10 million users currently run the Linux operating system, which according to IDC, was the fastest-growing server operating environment in 1998. Linux accounts for more than 17 percent of all server operating system being shipped today. "With the availability of Meta IP's Services for Linux, network administrators can now take advantage of the scalability and reliability of the Linux platform to host multiple DNS and DHCP services in enterprise environments," says Paul McNamara, vice president, business development at Red Hat Software. "The increasing availability of powerful enterprise-ready solutions such as Check Point Software's Meta IP Address Management software furthers the attractiveness of Linux to the enterprise."
Meta IP is a standardized, cross platform solution for managing IP addressing and naming across both single-site and large, multi-site networks. The Meta IP product includes an enterprise management service (Meta IP Administration Console), standards-based IP network services (BIND-compatible Dynamic DNS, RFC-compliant and fault-tolerant DHCP, and RFC-compliant RADIUS), and an open and distributed LDAP data store. With its standards-based architecture, Meta IP frees network administrators from proprietary services that limit their ability to manage DNS and DHCP services in cross-platform environments. While Meta IP's Administration Console module currently runs only on Windows NT, it will be ported to Unix-based platforms in the future. Another advantage of Meta IP is its unique User-to-Address Mapping technology, which when used in conjunction with Check Point VPN-1™ and FireWall-1 , enables transparent and automatic implementation of user-based security policies in networks with dynamically assigned IP addresses. The UAM technology automatically and transparently maps a user's login name, login time, IP address, and physical or Media Access Control (MAC) address to an employee name, allowing administrators to match the name to an IP address in a dynamic environment.
For registered Meta IP 4.1 users, Meta IP Services for Linux is available today as a free upgrade through Check Point Software's Meta IP site at www.metaip.checkpoint.com. For new users, Meta IP 4.1 is available in both Standard and Enterprise editions. The Enterprise edition starts at $9,995 (U.S. only) with 1,000 nodes. Additional nodes are available with per node pricing discounted at higher quantities. The Meta IP 4.1 Standard Edition, which now includes the UAM technology and two DNS and two DHCP services, is priced at $445 U.S. for a 100-node license. Meta IP can be purchased through qualified resellers and distributors in the Check Point Partner Alliance - for a complete listing of resellers and partners worldwide, please visit www.checkpoint.com.
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. is the worldwide leader in secure enterprise networking solutions. The company's integrated architecture includes network security (FireWall-1, VPN-1, Provider-1 and Check Point RealSecure), traffic control (FloodGate-1 and ConnectControl), and IP address management (Meta IP). Check Point Software solutions enable customers to implement centralized policy-based management with enterprise-wide distributed deployment. Via the OPSEC Alliance, Check Point Software's products seamlessly integrate with "best-of-breed" products from more than 200 leading industry partners. The company has U.S. headquarters in Redwood City, California and international headquarters in Ramat-Gan, Israel. For more information, please call (800) 429-4391 or (650) 628-2000 or visit http://www.checkpoint.com or http://www.opsec.com. ### (c)1999 Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved. Check Point, the Check Point logo, FireWall-1, FloodGate-1, INSPECT, IQ Engine, Meta IP, Open Security Extension, OPSEC, Provider-1, User-to-Address Mapping, VPN-1, VPN-1 Accelerator Card, VPN-1 Appliance, VPN-1 Certificate Manager, VPN-1 Gateway, VPN-1 SecuRemote, and ConnectControl are trademarks or registered trademarks of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. or its affiliates. All other product names mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. The products described in this document are protected by U.S. Patent No. 5,606,668 and 5,835,726 and may be protected by other U.S. Patents, foreign patents, or pending applications. |