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`DECLARATION OF CHRIS HOPEN
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`In re Patent No. 7,490,151
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`In re Patent No. 7,490,151
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`Munger et al.
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`Filed: September 30, 2002
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`DECLARATION OF CHRIS A. HOPEN UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 1.132
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`1, CHRIS HOPEN, do hereby declare and state:
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`I am a citizen of the United States, and reside in 19805 15"’ Avenue NW, Shoreline,
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`Washington.
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`I am presently the Chief Executive Officer of HomePipe Networks, Inc., based in Seattle,
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`Washington.
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`Prior to HomePipe, I was affiliated with Aventail, Inc., until that company was acquired
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`by SonicWall, Inc. in 2007.
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`I helped co-found Aventail in 1996, and served as its Chief
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`Technical Officer and Vice-President of Engineering from 1996 to 2007.
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`While I was affiliated with Aventail, I was involved in the design, development and
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`distribution of all of Aventail’s network security products.
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`In 1997, Aventail released a set of SOCKS v5 compliant VPN software products
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`including AutoSOCKS, MobileVPN and PartnerVPN. AutoSOCKS was a client-based
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`software product that ran on user’s computers, while Mobile VPN and Partner VPN were
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`server-based products.
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`When paired with Aventail MobileVPN or PartnerVPN server products, Aventail
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`AutoSOCKS would automatically establish a VPN to give the remote user access to
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`secured network resources on a private network. The AutoSOCKS client and the server
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`would automatically authenticate the remote user and encrypt all communications with
`the remote user.
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`Version 2.1 of the AutoSOCKS product was publicly distributed in the summer of 1997.
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`Exhibit A is a copy of a May 2, 1997 Aventail press release announcing the AutoSOCKS,
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`MobileVPN and PartnerVPN products. Exhibit B is a copy of a June 23, 1997 article in
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`InfoWorld reviewing the AutoSOCKS v2.1 and MobileVPN v2.0 products.
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`Aventail included printed manuals with the software packages that it distributed. Exhibit
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`Cis a copy of the Aventail AutoSOCKS v2.1 Administrator’s Guide that was distributed
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`with the AutoSOCKS v2.1 software. This document was distributed without any
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`confidentiality restrictions.
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`I estimate that thousands of copies of the Aventail AutoSOCKS v2.1 software that
`included the AutoSOCKS v2.1 Administrator’s Guide were distributed to customers
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`during 1997 and 1998.
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`In the fall of 1998, Aventail announced a product called the Aventail Extranet Center
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`(“AEC”). Exhibit D is a copy of an October 12, 1998 Aventail press release announcing
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`the Aventail Extranet Center product.
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`The AEC product had three components: (i) the Extranet Server (which resided and ran
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`on a server), (ii) the Aventail Management Server and Config Tool (which was used to
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`configure server and client installations), and (iii) the Aventail Connect client software
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`(which resided and ran on client computers).
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`Like the earlier Aventail VPN solution, Aventail Connect would, when paired with the
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`Extranet Server, automatically establish a VPN between a remote user and a private
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`network to give the remote user access to secured network resources on a private
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`network. The Aventail Connect client and the Extranet Server would automatically
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`authenticate the remote user and encrypt all communications with the remote user.
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`The initial release version of the AEC product was version 3.0. The AEC v3.0 product
`included version 3.01/2.51 of Aventail Connect and version 3.0 of the Aventail Extranet
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`Server.
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`The AEC v3.0 product with its client and server components was publicly distributed
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`during no later than Januaryof 1999.
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`Exhibit E is a copy of the Aventail Connect v3.01/2.51 Administrator’s Guide that was
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`distributed with the Aventail Connect v3.01/2.51 software. Exhibit F is a copy of the
`Aventail Extranet Server v3.0 Administrator’s Guide that was distributed with the
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`Aventail Extranet Server software. Both of these documents were distributed without
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`any confidentiality restrictions.
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`I estimate that Aventail distributed thousands of copies of the AEC V3.0 product
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`(including the Administrator Guides for Aventail Connect and Extranet Center) during
`the first six months of 1999.
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`Aventail announced Version 3.1 of the Aventail Extranet Center product in May of 1999.
`This Version of AEC included Aventail Extranet Server V3.1 and Aventail Connect
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`V3.1/V2.6. Exhibit G is a May 26, 1999 Aventail press release announcing the AEC V3.1
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`product. Exhibit H is copy of an August 9, 1999 Aventail press release reporting that
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`Aventail had begun shipping the AEC V3.1 product to customers.
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`I recall that Aventail began distributing the AEC V3.1 product to its larger customers in
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`June and July of 1999. Two such customers that I recall having received the AEC V3.1
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`product in June or July of 1999 were IBM and Morgan Stanley.
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`Exhibit I is a copy of the Administrator’s Guide for the Aventail Connect V3.1/V2.6
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`product that was distributed with the Aventail Connect V3.1/V2.6 client software. This
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`document was distributed without any confidentiality restrictions.
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`Aventail customers were not required to accept any obligations limiting their ability to
`use or disseminate the information contained in or associated with the AutoSOCKS V2.1
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`product, the Aventail Connect 3.01/2.51 product or the AEC V3.1 product, or the printed
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`materials that accompanied each of these products.
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`I recall that between April and May of 1999, Aventail distributed pre-release Versions of
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`the AEC V3.1 product to organizations that conduct and report on the testing of network
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`security products.
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`I recall that Michael Fratto of Network World was one of the
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`individuals who received a copy of the pre-release Version of AEC V3.1 for testing and
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`review between April and June of 1999. Mr. Fratto’s review of the pre-release AEC V3.1
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`product was published in Network World on June 28, 1999. A copy of his review is
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`provided in Exhibit J.
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`The pre-release Version of AEC V3.1 provided to Mr. Fratto included a stable and feature
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`complete Version of Extranet Server component of the AEC V3.1 package. While I recall
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`that certain bug fixes and other minor changes were made to this pre-release version of
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`the server component of the AEC V3.1 package before it was distributed to customers,
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`none of those changes significantly altered the features or functionality of the Extranet
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`Server component that was later distributed to customers.
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`The Aventail Connect client in the pre-release Version of AEC V3.1 product provided to
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`Mr. Fratto, by contrast, was the same Version of the Aventail Connect client that was later
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`distributed to customers with the AEC v3.1 product in the summer of 1999.
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`The copy of the Aventail Connect v3. l/v2.6 Administrator’s Guide that Mr. Fratto was
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`provided with the pre-release version of the AEC v3.l product is the same as the copy of
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`this guide shown in Exhibit 1. This printed Administrator’s Guide did not change
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`between the date it was given to Mr. Fratto and the date the final version of the AEC V3.1
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`product was distributed to customers.
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`25.
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`The ABC v3.1 software and the Aventail Connect v3. l/v2.6 Administrator’s Guide that
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`were provided to Mr. Fratto between April and June of 1999 were provided without any
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`restrictions or limitations on their use. Mr. Fratto was not required to enter into a
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`agreement restricting his ability to disclose information about the pre-release AEC v3.1
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`product or the Aventail Connect v3.1/v2.6 Administrator’s Guide as a condition of
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`receiving and using these materials. Instead, I recall that it was Aventail’s practice to
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`simply provide recommendations to reviewers about installation and use of a pre-release
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`version of a product, and information about the intended release date for the product.
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`***********
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`I declare that all statements made herein of my own knowledge are true and that all statements
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`made on information and belief are believed to be true; and further that these statements were
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`made with the knowledge that willful false statements and the like so made are punishable by
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`fine or imprisonment, or both, under Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States Code and that
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`such willful false statements may jeopardize the validity of the patent subject to this
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`reexamination proceeding.
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`Exhibit A
`May 2, 1997 Aventail Press Release
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`“Aventail Ships the First Standards-Based Virtual Private
`Network Software Solution,” PR Newswire, PR Newswire
`Association LLC. May 2, 1997
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`Aventall lvlobi|eVPN and Aventail Partnar\r'PN enable organizations to securely communicate over the
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`Aventail Mobi|eVPN and Aventail Partner\r'F'N are the only products to support all of the popular
`authentication and encryption methods. such as SSL. DES. Trip|eDES. CHAP, RC4. MD4, MD5, and
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`" Access Control Tool allows the IS administrator to specily access based on destination. source.
`application usage. type of encryption andlor authentication. and specific filtering profiles.
`‘ Protocol Filtering blocks specific JAVA. Activex or any other application that could demand too
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`Policy Manager (IPM), and Ayentail AulioSOCKS. Ayentail Mot:-ileVPN enables mobile or remote
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`Aventaii AutoSOCKS enables client TCPIIP applications to securely traverse existing SOCKS—based
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`SECTION: NETWORKING: Product Reviews; Pg. 64:1
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`LENGTH: 106? words
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`HEADLINE: Aventail delivers highly secure, flexible VPN solution
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`BYLINE: By Lai-Han Szeto
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`BODY:
`For secure remote-access needs. Aventail's Mo'_uiIeVPN 2.0 and Autosocks
`2.1 comprise a virtual private network (VPN) software solution that lets you
`monitor and maintain access to your central site via application-level
`proxies.
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`Most VPN products, such as Microsofi‘s Steelhead technology, Digitsl's
`AltaVista Tunnel, and Data FelIow's F-Secure, do not address security issues
`beyond initial log-ins, tending to be server-centric. Aventail has en-
`gineered a solution that is user-centric, taking a more in-depth approach to
`VPN implementation.
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`Boasting nearly unmatched interoperability with other security protocols,
`MobileVP]5~i and Autosocks succeed as a VFN solution. but not without drawbacks:
`Unidirectional data flow prohibits broadcasting and remote administration,
`and the system requires third-party products for specific IP-layer features.
`such as IPX encapsulation.
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`High level of security
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`Aventail has developed its own connectivity protocol, Socks 5, which
`represents the next step in the EV.D1tIllDIl of the well-known Socks 4 protocol.
`The addition of security protocols makes Socks 5 a viable VPN tool and a
`contender to Microsoft's Point to Point Tunneling Protocol {PPTP). Aventail
`irnplements the Socks 5 protocol in the Aventail Server. the engine of its VPN
`package. Socks 5 is based on directed architecture. as opposed to the
`tunneled architecture one usually associates with VPN technology.
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`The server establishes a unidirectional connection with a remote client
`(Autosocks) or second host site. A secured user can read, write, and execute
`to the host Server site according to the user's perrnission profile. but the
`host cannot likewise carry out transactions on the user's machine. This
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`setup prevents an intruder from accessing both sites.
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`Unlike IP-based protocols such as IP Security Architecture (IPSec), a
`tunneling protocol currently in the draft stage, Socks 5 compels a user to
`pass permission requirements once that user passes the system perimeter.
`Once users traverse firewalls, Socks 5 limits access to specific parts of
`your host system. The system locks out users from directories and
`applications according to their pennission profile.
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`Socks 5 perfonns encryption and authentication at the session layer (Layer 5)
`of the IP packet, enabling an interoperability unmatched by most of
`Aventail's competitors.
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`Aventail products support Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol, Secure
`Sockets Layer, and Remote Access Dial-In User Service authentication. In
`addition, Aventail deploys an open architecture to further enhance the
`flexibility of its products. Key management is compliant with Public Key
`Cryptography Standards. Encryption is DES and triple-DES enabled. Recently,
`Aventail announced Socks 5 capability with the IPSec, PPTP, and Layer 2
`Tunneling Protocol security protocols.
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`Outside authority
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`I ran my VPN server on
`MobileVPN represents an achievement in usability.
`Windows NT 4.0 and used a Windows 95 client unit running AutoSocks.
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`MobileVPN carries handy administrative tools such as Proxy Chaining and
`Credential Caching, as well as myriad conventional utilities for alias
`tables, filtering, and session parameters.
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`AutoSocks acts as the remote-access agent that intercepts application
`It
`requests between the client application itself and the WinSock interface.
`offers logging and configuration GUIs that resemble a miniature version of
`MobileVPN, minus the high-level host controls.
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`I installed both pieces with minimal hassle, minus a certificate authority
`component. Aventail has no plans to become a certificate authority vendor,
`leaving the task to third parties, such as VeriSign. Unfortunately, this
`extra service can cost from $290 to as much as $2,000 per year per server.
`
`Add this to Aventail's tiered licensing scheme, and the bottom line becomes a
`little steeper than that of most conventional VPN solutions. Whether it is
`worth the cost depends on the complexity of your security policies.
`
`Fluctuating protocols
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`Implementing VPNs is not for the faint of heart or pocketbook. Tunneling
`protocols are maturing even as I write. The key to maintaining a foothold in
`the market is flexibility. In general, developers are building modular
`products in anticipation of the Internet Engineering Task Force's final draft
`of IPSec, It is hard to say what will become of Socks 5 (or Socks 6), but
`for now it has found a little-explored niche in secured connectivity.
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`Aventail delivers highly secure, flexible VPN solution InfoWorld June 23, 1997
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`Page 3
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`Although MobileVPN and AutoSocks lack bidirectional communication and
`IP-layer features, their open architecture makes them compatible with
`multiple standards and provides a high level of security.
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`Lai-Han Szeto (laihan_szeto@infoworld.com) is a contract analyst at the
`InfoWorld Test Center.
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`THE BOTTOM LINE: EXCELLENT
`
`MobileVPN 2.0 and AutoSocks 2.1
`
`This virtual private network (VPN) sofiware combination offers a secure and
`easy-to-manage remote-access solution.
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`Pros: Excellent proxy-level management; flexible architecture that
`complements other VPN and security products.
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`Cons: Third-party products required for specific IP-layer features such as
`IPX encapsulation; no broadcasting or remote administration.
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`Aventail Corp., Seattle; (888) 762-5785 (toll-free), (206) 777-5600; fax:
`(206) 777-5656; http://www.aventail.com.
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`Price: $4,999 per server for fewer than 25 connections; $66 per client seat
`for fewer than 25 seats. (Tiered pricing available.)
`
`Platforms: MobileVPN: Unix, Windows NT; AutoSocks: Unix, Windows 3.x, Windows
`95, Windows NT.
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`LOAD-DATE: June 23, 1997
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`Petitioner Apple Inc. - Ex. 1023, p. 11
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`Exhibit C
`Aventail AutoSOCKS v2.1 Administrator’s Guide
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`Aventail AutoSOCKS
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`... ADMINISTRATION
`&
`SER'S GUIDE
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`Petitioner Apple Inc. - Ex. 1023, p. 13
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`Aventail AutoSOCKS v2.1 Administration and User’s Guide
`Copyright © 1996-1997 Aventail Corporation. All rights reserved.
`
`117 South Main Street
`4th Floor
`Seattle, WA 98104-2540
`USA
`
`Printed in the United States of America.
`
`Trademarks and Copyrights
`Aventail, AutoSOCKS, Internet Policy Manager, Aventail VPN, Mobile VPN, and Partner
`VPN are trademarks of Aventail Corporation.
`
`Socks5Toolkit is a trademark of NEC Corporation. MD4 Message-Digest Algorithm and
`MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm are trademarks of RSA Data Security, Inc. Microsoft, MS,
`Windows, Windows 95, and Windows NT are either registered trademarks or trademarks of
`Microsoft Corporation. RealAudio is a trademark of Progressive Networks.
`
`Other product names mentioned in this manual may be trademarks or registered trademarks of
`their respective companies and are the sole property of their respective manufacturers.
`
`Copyright © 1995-1996 NEC Corporation. All rights reserved.
`
`Copyright ! 1990-1992, RSA Data Security, Inc. All rights reserved.
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`Copyright ! 1991-1992, RSA Data Security, Inc. All rights reserved.
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`Table of Contents
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`Introduction............................................................................................................................. 1
`About This Document .................................................................................................................................1
`Document Organization.................................................................................................2
`Document Conventions .................................................................................................2
`Technical Support..........................................................................................................................................3
`About Aventail Corporation ......................................................................................................................4
`AutoSOCKS v2.1 Administration and User’s Guide............................................................. 5
`Getting Started...............................................................................................................................................5
`Network Security in a Nutshell....................................................................................5
`What is AutoSOCKS?.....................................................................................................6
`TCP/IP Communications ..............................................................................................6
`WinSock Connection to A Remote Host ...............................................................6
`What Does AutoSOCKS Do?......................................................................................7
`AutoSOCKS Platform Requirements..........................................................................9
`Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 ..........................................................................9
`System Requirements .........................................................................................9
`Interface Features................................................................................................9
`Windows 3.1, Windows for Workgroups 3.11, and
`Windows NT 3.51 .......................................................................................................10
`System Requirements .......................................................................................10
`Interface Features..............................................................................................10
`Installation Source Media .............................................................................................10
`Installing AutoSOCKS ................................................................................................................................11
`Configuration Files.........................................................................................................11
`Individual Installation .....................................................................................................11
`Network Installation......................................................................................................13
`Networked Configuration File Setup......................................................................14
`Administrator-Maintained Shared Configuration Files ............................14
`Shared Configuration File Distribution ..................................................................14
`Setup Command Line Options .................................................................................15
`Configuring AutoSOCKS ..........................................................................................................................16
`Define a SOCKS Server ...............................................................................................18
`Define a Destination......................................................................................................20
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`Enter Redirection Rules................................................................................................23
`Define Local Name Resolution.................................................................................26
`Managing Authentication Modules.............................................................................27
`Example Network Configurations ..........................................................................................................35
`Configuration Using Aventail Internet Policy Manager........................................36
`Configuration Using Aventail VPN Server ..............................................................37
`AutoSOCKS Utilities Reference Guide ............................................................................... 42
`System Menu Commands..........................................................................................................................42
`Close..................................................................................................................................43
`Hide Icon ..........................................................................................................................43
`Help....................................................................................................................................43
`About.................................................................................................................................43
`Credentials.......................................................................................................................43
`Configuration File...........................................................................................................44
`Config Tool......................................................................................................................45
`Logging Tool ....................................................................................................................46
`S5 Ping ...............................................................................................................................51
`AutoSOCKS User Supplement............................................................................................. 55
`How to Start and Close AutoSOCKS...................................................................................................55
`How to Enter Authentication Credentials ...........................................................................................56
`Username/Password and CHAP Authentication ...................................................57
`SSL Authentication.........................................................................................................58
`Appendix 1: Troubleshooting...........................................................................................................................61
`AutoSOCKS Installation Problems .........................................................................................................61
`Network Connectivity Problems ........................................