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`Publish date: May 2, 1997
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`Aventail MobileVPN and PartnerVPN Include Granular Access Controls and Support
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`SEATTLE, May 2 /PRNewswire/ —- Aventail Corporation announced today the availability of the W
`industry's only standards-based Virtual Private Network (VPN) software solutions. Aventail MobileVPN
`and Aventail PartnerVPN for Windows NT will begin shipping today and pricing starts at $4,995. UNIX
`versions will be available at the end of this month.
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`Aventail MobileVPN and Aventail PartnerVPN enable organizations to securely communicate over the
`Internet, allowing companies to extend the reach of their corporate intranet to customers, partners.
`remote offices. and mobile employees. Aventail's adherence to standards simplifies VPN deployment,
`enables interoperability, and leverages corporations' existing network investments.
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`"Aventail has moved the concept of a VPN to the next level. They are the only company providing a
`highly secure circuit-level solution that is deployable over existing network infrastructure and has the
`ability to work with a variety of authentication and encryption technologies," says Ira Machefsky, vice
`president at Giga lnfonnation Group.
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`The Only Standards—Based VPN Product
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`Aventail MobileVPN and Aventail PartnerVPN are the first VPN solutions based on SOCKS v5, an
`open Internet Engineering Task Force (lETF) standard. SOCKS is a distributed network security
`standard that represents the next-generation of Internet security. The SOCKS protocol has received
`widespread support from leading Internet vendors, including Netscape (Nasdaq: NSCP), Microsoft
`(Nasdaq: MSFT), IBM (NYSE: IBM), Sterling Software (NYSE: SSW), NetManage (Nasdaq: NETM),
`FTP Software (Nasdaq: FTPS), and Pointcast. NEC USA, Incorporated has been the driving force
`behind SOCKS with the vision that it would be the most important communication technology for the
`Internet.
`Powerful Security and Management Tools
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`Aventail MobileVPN and Aventail PartnerVPN are the only products to support all of the popular
`authentication and encryption methods, such as SSL, DES, TripleDES, CHAP, RC4, MD4, M05, and
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`RADIUS. Other features include:
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`Product Demonstrations at Networld+lnterop
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`Aventail will be conducting product demonstrations in Booth 1710 at Networld+lnterop in Las Vegas
`from May 6th to 8th.
`About Aventail
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`Aventail Corporation is the leading developer of Virtual Private Network (VPN) solutions. Aventail
`software allows organizations to build session- layer VPNs so corporations can privately communicate
`with mobile employees, remote offices, and business partners. Aventail's standards-based products
`represent the next-level of secure communication by providing strong authentication and encryption,
`customizable access controls, comprehensive monitoring, logging and reporting capabilities.
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`Aventail offers four securltv solutions: Aventail MobileVPN. Aventail PartnerVPN. Aventail Internet
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`Policy Manager (IPM), and Aventail AutoSOCKS. Aventail MobileVPN enables mobile or remote
`employees to have secure and managed access into the corporate network. Aventail PartnerVPN
`allows a company to extend their network to customers. suppliers, remote offices or corporate
`partners. Aventail IPM allows corporations to control and implement their Internet security policies.
`Aventail AutoSOCKS enables client TCP/IP applications to securely traverse existing SOCKS-based
`firewalls and sewers.
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`The company has offices in Seattle. Washington and can be contacted by phone: BBS-SOCKSVS
`(762-5785). fax: 206-777-5656, or email: info@aventail.com. Aventail's Web address is
`www.aventai|.com.
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`NOTE: Aventail, MobileVPN, and PartnerVPN are trademarks of Aventail Corporation. All other
`brands, products. and service names mentioned are trademarks or registered service marks of their
`respective owners.
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`SOURCE Aventail Corporation
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`ICONTACT: Deanna Leung of Aventail Corporation. 206-777-5617, or deanna@aventail.com; or
`Jessica Maco of Reed. ReveII—Pechar, Inc.. 206-462-4777, or jmaco@rrp.com/
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`CO: Aventail Corporation ST: Washington IN: CPR MLM SU: PDT
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