Effnet, Provider of Industry's Fastest Routers and Firewalls, Teams up with SSH Communications Security for IPSec Techno
7/14/1999 9:55 AM EST
Effnet, Provider of Industry's Fastest Routers and Firewalls, Teams up with
SSH Communications Security for IPSec Technology
(Espoo, Finland and Stockholm, Sweden, July 14, 1999) - SSH Communications
Security and Effnet Group AB today announced a major licensing agreement for
SSH's IPSEC Express. The software will be incorporated in Effnet's router and
firewall product line. As outcome of this cooperation, Effnet will provide its
customers with the industry's fastest and most secure firewall and IP
(Internet Protocol) routing solutions with standards-based IPSec
functionality.
Effnet technology has been designed to break the speed barriers associated
with routing and firewall activity. This, combined with SSH's IPSEC
technology, one of the industry's most reliable IPSec implementations designed
for securing next generation IP, brings out an ideal solution for large
companies and organizations requiring high reliability and top performance.
"SSH IPSEC Express does not only have the best IPSec technology tested, but it
has other major benefits as well. It is transparent and delivered as source
code, which makes it possible to integrate SSH IPSec with Effnet's core
technology without making a tradeoff between security and performance" says
Tomas Althén, CEO of Effnet.
"Both our companies have innovation as a basis of our solutions, that is why
we see this cooperation as an opportunity to learn from each other's
expertise," says Tatu Ylönen, President and CEO of SSH Communications Security
"Speed of networking is a major need for today's communications and Effnet is
leading the way in this field. We are very proud that SSH IPSec Express will
be an important part of Effnet's revolutionary technology."
Additional Information
Arlinda Sipilä, SSH Communications Security
Tel: +358-9-4354 3221
Mailto:
Michael Säw, Effnet Group AB
Tel: +46-8-56460551 or +46 709 37 95 08
Mailto:
About Effnet
Effnet was established in the spring of 1997 based on the revolutionary
results of a research project at Luleå University of Technology in Sweden.
These results are the foundation of the Effnet algorithm.
Effnet now has 45 employees and is expanding rapidly. Research and development
is based in Luleå. In 1998, the company opened sales and marketing offices in
Boston, Massachusetts and an additional office in Stockholm, Sweden. The
company's technology has been field tested and proven via a line of firewall
products initially marketed exclusively in Sweden. Server-based, PCI add-on
products based on Effnet's algorithm will become available in the United
States in Q3 of 1999.
Effnet's mission is to develop and market multifunction networking products
that deliver outstanding performance at affordable prices. By using highly
efficient algorithms and data structures, Effnet technology breaks
conventional performance barriers for table-lookups and filtering operations
delivering low cost but high performance networking and telecommunications
"accelerators" for PC and web servers, and turn-key routing and security
solutions.
Effnet Group AB shares are publicly traded on Stockholm Stock Exchange's New
Market (EFFN). Additional information about Effnet is available through the
Web at www.effnet.com or by contacting the Sales and Marketing office in
Stockholm, Sweden at +46 8 5646 0550 or in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, at +1
508 650 3412.
About SSH Communications Security
Founded in 1995, SSH Communications Security Ltd. is the world's leading
supplier of IP security software technologies for demanding IP network
security solutions. SSH provides best of breed authentication and cryptography
for secure Internet communications. The company's SSH Secure Shell application
has become the de facto standard for secure logins, and is being used by over
a million users in more than 50 countries. Adopted by numerous Internet
infrastructure suppliers, including Sun Microsystems and Lucent Technologies,
SSH's IPSEC Express is the world's leading toolkit for IPsec (Internet
Protocol Security) and IKE (Internet Key Exchange) system solutions. For more
information, please visit our web sites at www.ssh.fi or www.ipsec.com, or
contact SSH Sales in Espoo, Finland, at +358 9 4354 3205, or in Mountain View,
California, USA, at +1 650 404 0160.