Corrent Achieves OPSEC Certification from Check Point Software

Corrent's S2000 PCI-X Card Tested to Ensure Interoperability with Industry's Most Recognized Security Framework; Boosts VPN Performance

Tempe, AZ - December 17, 2002 - Corrent Corporation, an industry-leading provider of security co-processor and card solutions, today announced that it has achieved OPSEC™ (Open Platform for Security) certification for its S2000 IPsec accelerator PCI-X card from Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP). Through OPSEC certification, Corrent's S2000 seamlessly integrates with Check Point's market-leading VPN-1® Next Generationä solution, enabling breakthrough VPN performance for both symmetric-key and public-key IPsec operations.

The Corrent S2000 significantly improves the throughput of Check Point's VPN-1 Next Generation platform, boosting VPN throughput to over 350Mbps for a single Intel® Xeon® processor at 2.8GHz server platform. Depending on packet size, users can experience a 2X to 4X improvement on throughput over comparable VPN solutions

"Corrent's alliance with Check Point delivers a powerful, high performance VPN solution," said Larry Woodson, VP of Sales and Marketing for Corrent Corporation. "We have worked closely with Check Point to ensure a seamless integration for acceleration around their industry-leading security solutions. We are excited to offer Check Point customers the assurance of interoperability provided by the OPSEC certification."

The S2000 will offload the compute-intensive IPsec related encryption/decryption processing from the system CPU, freeing up valuable CPU cycles and system memory for other functionality such as management, firewall and other related security operations. The S2000 is based on Corrent's Microprocessor Report award-winning CR7020 security processor, which includes integrated IPsec offload engines for DES, 3DES, AES, SHA1, and MD5, and an integrated public key engine supporting the standard PKCS#11 interface for asymmetric key generation.

"We are pleased to see the Corrent S2000 achieve OPSEC certification, offering additional choice, flexibility and cost-effective ways to increase performance of VPN gateways," said Upesh Patel, group manager, OPSEC Alliance, for Check Point Software Technologies. "As the demand for VPN performance increases, products like the Corrent S2000 card enable our customers to leverage the cost benefits of open systems and easily achieve scalable, wire-speed performance for a fraction of the price of competing solutions without having to replace the existing gateway."

Pricing and Availability
Available immediately, pricing for the Corrent S2000 starts at $US595.00 each in quantities of 1K units. The S2000 is a ¼-sized, 3.3V 64bit 66/100/133 MHz PCI-X-based card. Included with the card is documentation and complete installation suites for Red Hat Linux and Windows 2000 environments.

For more information about Corrent's S2000 or any of Corrent's security solutions, please visit www.corrent.com or contact the company directly at 480.648.2300.

About Corrent Corporation
Corrent Corporation is a semiconductor and system solutions company providing high-speed Internet security. Corrent's scalable, channelized, high-performance architecture products perform encryption at the fastest data rates in the industry - doubling the performance of existing solutions. Advanced design techniques for silicon, boards, and software deliver a complete sub-system solution to designers of existing and future OEM products, while providing ease of integration and time-to-market advantages. Corrent's products are designed for use in edge access networking equipment such as routers, switches, servers, access concentrators, and dedicated IP-services appliances.

About Check Point's OPSEC
OPSEC (Open Platform for Security) is the industry's open, multi-vendor security framework. With over 325 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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