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Check Point Introduces Award Winning Internet Firewall Product In Japan That Provides Full Internet Connectivity With Security

InterOP Tokyo, Japan —

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. today introduced the FireWall-1 Internet security software product to the Japanese market. Check Point is demonstrating the FireWall-1 with the help of a well respected Japanese software distributor, Forval Creative, Inc., at booth #530 at the Makuhari Messe.

The Check Point FireWall-1 provides each user with full, transparent Internet connectivity while protecting the organization's network from Internet security risks.

Mr. Sugimoto, President of FORVAL CREATIVE, INC. said "It is necessary for Japanese enterprises to apply good firewall technology (network security access controll) for both internal network use and Internet use. FireWall-1 won the "Best of Show" award at InterOp Las Vegas, and it is the best firewall product available today. We are very happy to introduce this excellent product to the Japanese market."

Check Point FireWall-1 operates at the Internet gateway controlling all traffic across hetrogenous networks, implementing the organization's network-wide security policy. FireWall-1 inspects each packet using a unique, patent pending,stateful multi-layer inspection technology, which promptly blocks all unwanted communication attempts. FireWall-1 utilizes protocol-independent, application-level, stateful multi-layer inspection technology delivering unmatched connectivity with security.

Using an intuitive object-oriented graphical user interface (GUI), the system defines, verifies, implements and enforces the organization's security policy. Check Point FireWall-1 provides full and flexible control, detailed logging and alerting capabilities. Installation and security policy setup or changes are performed in minutes.

Check Point FireWall-1 is the only Internet security solution to provide transparent access to ALL Internet services, such as FTP, Mosaic, Archie, TCP as well as UDP based services including RPC, without compromising security or degrading network performance.

Check Point FireWall-1 runs on any Sun Microsystems SPARC workstation or gateway, operating under SunOS 4.1.3 or Solaris 2.3 operating systems using X11R5 OpenLook GUI. SNMP client and agent support are included.

Additional modules support automated access list generation and verfication for routers and integration with enterprise-wide network management packages.

Check Point FireWall-1 delivers full transparent Internet connectivity to any TCP/IP based client (PCs, Mac, Unixes, etc.)

Mr. Sugimoto added, "FORVAL CREATIVE, INC. is the top international distributor of CHAMELEON, TCP/IP FOR WINDOWS and is also the distributor of the Internet Technology Series (ITS) from SRI International. FORVAL CREATIVE is a key player of TCP/IP and Internet related products in Japan."