Check Point Customers Protected in Advance;
Additional Proof Point for Proactive Protection Against Unknown Attacks
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., — January 28, 2005 – Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced that its industry-leading VPN-1® Pro Next Generation™ with Application Intelligence and InterSpect™ together provide preemptive protection against the vulnerability in Cisco's Internetwork Operating System (IOS) that could result in a remotely exploitable denial of service (DoS). The vulnerability was reported on January 26, 2005, but Check Point has provided a preemptive defense against it since July 21, 2004.
A DoS vulnerability is present in any Cisco device running Cisco's IOS and enabled for the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). By sending a malformed BGP packet to an affected device, a remote attacker may cause the device to reload, resulting in a denial of service condition. Users of VPN-1 Pro Next Generation with Application Intelligence and InterSpect who implemented the July 21, 2004 SmartDefense™ Special Advisory (http://www.checkpoint.com/defense/advisories/public/2004/cpsa-2004-03.html) are automatically protected against this vulnerability.
SmartDefense enables customers to configure and update network and application level attack defenses. The SmartDefense console is included with VPN-1/FireWall-1 and InterSpect products. SmartDefense also integrates with the Check Point SMART management and reporting infrastructure to provide a single, centralized console for attack detection, blocking, logging, auditing and alerting. Defenses that are configurable in SmartDefense, such as the defense for the Cisco IOS Malformed BGP packet threat, can be updated and kept current with a SmartDefense Service™ subscription. The SmartDefense Service™ enables real-time updates and advisories that provide additional protection against these new and emerging threats.
A detailed description of the threat and defense is available to subscription customers of the SmartDefense Service. For more information on the Cisco IOS denial of service threat, please see advisory CPAI-2005-08 at http://www.checkpoint.com/defense/advisories/public/2005/cpai-2005-08.html.
About Check Point SmartDefense Service
SmartDefense Advisories are included with the SmartDefense Service and are available to licensed customers. The SmartDefense Service capabilities are available for Check Point products including VPN-1 Pro™, Check Point Express™, InterSpect™, Web Intelligence™ and Connectra™.
About Check Point Software
Check Point Software Technologies (www.checkpoint.com) is the worldwide leader in securing the Internet. It is the market leader in the worldwide enterprise firewall, personal firewall and VPN markets. Through its Next Generation product line, the company delivers a broad range of intelligent Perimeter, Internal and Web security solutions that protect business communications and resources for corporate networks and applications, remote employees, branch offices and partner extranets. The company's ZoneAlarm product line is one of the most trusted brands in Internet security, creating award-winning endpoint security solutions that protect millions of PCs from hackers, spyware and data theft. Extending the power of the Check Point solution is its Open Platform for Security (OPSEC), the industry's framework and alliance for integration and interoperability with "best-of-breed" solutions from over 350 leading companies. Check Point solutions are sold, integrated and serviced by a network of more than 2,200 Check Point partners in 88 countries.
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