F5's
BIG-IP® integrates with
industry's most recognized
security framework
SEATTLE,
MARCH 11, 2002-- F5
Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:
FFIV), the leading provider
of Internet Traffic and
Content Management (iTCM)
products, today announced
that it has achieved OPSEC®
(Open Platform for Security)
certification from Check
Point Software Technologies.
(NASDAQ: CHKP). OPSEC certification
assures that F5's BIG-IP®
product integrates seamlessly
with Check Point's market-leading
VPN-1®/FireWall-1®
software.
"VPN-1/FireWall-1 provides
customers their mission
critical connection to the
Internet and therefore must
be available continuously,"
said Upesh Patel, manager
OPSEC Alliance. "We
are pleased to award F5
the OPSEC Certification
for their high availability
and load balancing solution.
Certification assures interoperability
between the F5 BIG-IP product
and VPN-1/FireWall-1."
F5's BIG-IP solution provides
superior high availability
load balancing, administration,
management, security, and
extensibility for Check
Point VPN-1/FireWall-1 deployments
utilizing their state synchronization
capabilities. BIG-IP also
provides the ability to
log events to the Check
Point NG Management Server
utilizing Check Point's
OPSEC interfaces. Through
its unmatched intelligence,
BIG-IP ensures that all
business-critical traffic
is properly distributed
across the available resources
and guarantees delivery
to the intended destination.
BIG-IP's extensive feature
set allows for flexible
deployment scenarios that
easily accommodate infrastructure
modifications dictated by
business requirements, without
costly disruptions.
"At F5, an overarching
goal is to provide customers
with the most flexibility
to securely deploy and manage
their web applications and
services," said Erik
Giesa, director of product
management at F5 Networks.
"We continue to lead
the Internet traffic management
market by delivering the
industry's most innovative,
high-performance solutions
that offer security capabilities
at numerous levels, including
SSL termination, client
certificates, virus protection
and now OPSEC compliancy."
For more information on
the F5 BIG-IP OPSEC Certification,
visit: http://www.checkpoint.com/opsec/partners/f5.html
About F5 Networks
F5 Networks is the leader
in Internet Traffic and
Content Management (iTCM),
and delivers application
aware networks through its
open Internet Control Architecture.
F5 features the industry's
leading set of integrated
products and services that
manage, control and optimize
Internet traffic and content.
Our solutions automatically
and intelligently deliver
the best possible Internet
performance, availability
and content distribution
for service providers, enterprises
and e-businesses. Our products
remove bandwidth congestion
and optimize the availability
and speed of mission-critical
Internet servers and applications,
including web publishing,
content delivery, e-commerce,
caching, firewalls and more.
Our solutions are widely
deployed in large enterprises,
the top service providers,
financial institutions,
government agencies, healthcare,
and portals throughout the
world. The company is headquartered
in Seattle, Washington,
and has offices throughout
North America, Europe and
Asia Pacific. F5 Networks
is located on the web at
www.f5.com.
About
Check Point's OPSEC®
OPSEC
(Open Platform for Security)
is the industry's open,
multi-vendor security framework.
With over 300 partners,
OPSEC guarantees customers
the broadest choice of best-of-breed
integrated applications
and deployment platforms
that support Check Point's
Secure Virtual Network Architecture.
Products that carry the
OPSEC Certified seal have
been tested to guarantee
integration and interoperability.
For complete OPSEC Alliance
program information, including
partner and product listings,
the freely available OPSEC
SDK (software development
kit) and evaluation versions
of OPSEC Certified products,
visit http://www.opsec.com.
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respective owners.
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