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Check Point Software VPN-1 Delivers Over Half A Gigabit Throughput At $4000 Price Point

Check Point VPN-1/FireWall-1 Next Generation Delivers Over 500 Mbps Throughput and 1 Million Connections on a $4,000 Hardware Platform

REDWOOD CITY, August 28, 2001 - Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today unveiled new performance benchmark results that validate the impressive price-performance that can be achieved when running Check Point's VPN-1®/FireWall-1® Next Generation software on midrange PCs, servers and "Secured by Check Point" appliances. These unprecedented results show that Check Point Next Generation delivers overall Internet security throughput of more than 500 megabits per second on an off-the-shelf $4,000 Linux-based PC/server.

The configuration used in this benchmark was running Check Point's VPN-1/ FireWall-1 Next Generation Internet security product suite on a PC with an Intel® Xeon™ processor running a Linux operating system. This configuration is also capable of supporting one million concurrent firewall connections. This performance level supports wire speed VPNs for multiple T3 network links and connections exceeding OC-3 speed, making it a high performance, scalable solution for large enterprises and Internet data centers.

"Today enterprises are seeking the best security solutions that can meet their current performance needs and also scale for the future," said Carol Stone, vice president of marketing for Check Point Software Technologies. "As these new test results show, Check Point's Next Generation software achieves record levels of performance on deployment hardware platforms costing less than a tenth the cost of competitive hardware platforms. Check Point is committed to delivering the best Internet security at the highest levels of performance on a broad variety of open platforms as well as 'Secured by Check Point' appliances."

Check Point solutions are available for platforms running Microsoft Windows NT/Windows 2000, the Sun Solaris™ Operating Environment, IBM AIX, HP-UX and the Red Hat® Linux operating system, as well as "Secured by Check Point" appliances from Nokia, Compaq, Intrusion.com, Alcatel, Pyramid Computer Systems, and others. Each platform offers a range of price-performance points. To further its advances in performance and price-performance, Check Point recently introduced its Next Generation performance technology designed to deliver multi-gigabit, scalable performance.

About Check Point Software Technologies
Check Point Software Technologies is the worldwide leader in securing the Internet. The company's Secure Virtual Network (SVN) architecture provides the infrastructure that enables secure and reliable Internet communications. SVN secures business-to-business (B2B) communications between networks, systems, applications and users across the Internet, Intranets and extranets. Check Point's Open Platform for Security (OPSEC) provides the framework for integration and interoperability with "best-of-breed" solutions from over 270 leading industry partners. Check Point solutions are sold, integrated and serviced by a network of over 1500 certified partners. For more information, please call us at (800) 429-4391 or (650) 628-2000 or visit us on the Web at http://www.checkpoint.com or at http://www.opsec.com.

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