Company Revolutionizes Acceleration
Solutions for Internet Security
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - February 19,
2003 - Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP),
the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced that
the United States Patent and Trademark Office has awarded it Patent
Number 6,496,935, issued for Check Point's SecureXL™ technology
which enables a 10-fold increase in VPN/security performance. The
issuance of this patent highlights Check Point's technological innovation
and performance superiority, and is yet another proof point of the
company's industry leadership.
Check Point's SecureXL™ is a software interface that enables
Check Point to leverage technologies from multiple silicon, appliance
and computer system partners to accelerate the performance of firewall
and VPN gateways by off-loading simple, though computationally intensive
functions to third-party packet processors. Devices utilizing the
SecureXL technology meet customer needs by delivering multi-gigabit
performance levels, in multiple form factors, at a variety of price
points while dramatically improving performance in real-world traffic
conditions.
"Technology leadership is clearly one of Check Point's core
competencies -- whether we measure this by patent numbers, technology
firsts or customer satisfaction," said Gonen Fink, vice president,
solutions and strategies for Check Point Software Technologies.
"Adding this SecureXL patent strengthens Check Point's patent
portfolio and further demonstrates our leadership in Internet security
innovation."
Check Point's performance leadership and innovative solutions are
validated through:
- Independent tests by Tolly Group demonstrate that Check Point
solutions deliver 5 times the performance at a fraction of the
cost of competing solutions
- Check Point Performance Pack™ accelerates the performance
of the company's security products by a factor of 2-4 times and
enables standard PC servers to achieve speeds well over 3.2 Gbps
- "Secured by Check Point" platform partners leveraging
SecureXL technology to achieve unparalleled gigabit speeds:
- Nokia IP740 achieves 2.0 Gbps FireWall-1® throughput
- Nortel Networks Alteon Switched Firewall (ASF) 5710 offers
4.2 Gbps FireWall-1 throughput
- RapidStream 11000 Appliance delivers up to 1.2 Gbps VPN-1®
3DES throughput and up to 2.0 Gbps FireWall-1 throughput
- Bivio 1000-CP delivers 1.6 Gbps small packet FireWall-1
throughput
A Decade of Innovation
Beginning a tradition of innovation in 1993, Check Point invented
and patented Stateful Inspection technology, which allows a network
administrator to track a user's efforts to pass through firewall
security perimeters. Check Point's implementation of Stateful Inspection
forever changed the landscape of Internet security, prevailing over
other firewall technologies such as packet filtering and proxies.
To this day Stateful Inspection remains the industry's most imitated
security technology.
The award of U.S. patent Number 6,496,935, entitled "system,
device and method for rapid packet filtering and processing"
to Check Point Secure XL recognizes Check Point's innovation in
revolutionizing VPN and firewall performance to meet the bandwidth-intensive
needs of customers today and into the future.
A detailed description of the patent issue can be viewed at http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html.
About Check Point Software Technologies
Check Point Software Technologies is the worldwide leader in securing
the Internet. It is the confirmed market leader of both the worldwide
VPN and firewall markets. The company's Secure Virtual Network (SVN)
architecture provides the VPN and security infrastructure that uniquely
enables secure and reliable Internet communications. SVN solutions,
as delivered in the company's Next Generation product family, secure
business communications and resources for corporate networks, remote
employees, branch offices and partner extranets. Extending the power
of SVN is Check Point's Open Platform for Security (OPSEC), the
industry's framework and alliance for integration and interoperability
with "best-of-breed" solutions from over 325 leading companies.
Check Point solutions are sold, integrated and serviced by a network
of 2,500 Check Point partners in 149 countries. 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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©2003 Check Point Software Technologies
Ltd.
Check Point, the Check Point logo, Cluster XL, ConnectControl, FireWall-1,
FireWall-1 GX, FireWall-1 SecureServer, FireWall-1 SmallOffice,
FireWall-1 VSX, FireWall-1 XL, FloodGate-1, INSPECT, INSPECT XL,
IQ Engine, Meta IP, MultiGate, Open Security Extension, OPSEC, Provider-1,
SecureKnowledge, SecureXL, SiteManager-1, SmartCenter, SmartCenter
Pro, SmartDashboard, SmartDefense, SmartLSM, SmartMap, SmartView,
SmartView Monitor, SmartView Reporter, SmartView Status, SmartView
Tracker, SVN, UAM, User-to-Address Mapping, UserAuthority, VPN-1
Accelerator Card, VPN-1 Net, VPN-1 Pro, VPN-1 SecureClient, VPN-1
SecuRemote, VPN-1 SecureServer, VPN-1 SmallOffice, and VPN-1 VSX
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