Intoto Inc. announces the availability of secured broadband solution for digital home

Intoto leverages the power of the Intel IXP425 network processor to demonstrate a comprehensive broadband security solution that includes stateful inspection firewall and VPN

INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM (IDF), SAN JOSE, Calif., -- (BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 9th, 2002 –Intoto Inc., today announced the availability broadband security gateway solutions based on the Intel® IXP425 network processor. Intoto's iGateway Firewall and iGateway VPN are fully integrated and ready for shipment on the Intel IXP425 network processor. This highly modular solution on the Intel network processor addresses OEM requirements for building flexible secured gateway applications and accelerates time-to-market.

Accelerating Time-to-market
"Embedded security is a requirement in broadband equipment for digital homes", said Steve Price, General Manager of the Intel Integrated Access Business Unit. "Intoto's flexible implementation of a full-featured stateful inspection firewall and complete interoperable VPN accelerates time-to-market for broadband equipment manufacturers. We are pleased that Intoto was able to leverage the Intel IXP425 network processor to deliver industry leading embedded security solution."

Intoto's iGateway Firewall and VPN solutions offer full-featured security functionality. The Cyber Defense Engine in ICSA-certified iGateway Firewall protects against a large number of Internet attacks including DoS, DDoS, & reassembly attacks and has built-in NAT with support for a wide range of Application Level Gateways (ALGs). The iGateway VPN solution is a complete IP-VPN implementation including IPSec, IKE and PKI. This is certified by ICSA and VPNC for interoperability and conformance. Intoto's solution on Intel broadband platforms also includes application content filtering, authenticated remote user access, web-based management, logging and administration.

"The Intel IXP425 network processor family meets the requirements of next-generation broadband gateways for  the digital home" said Sathyan Iyengar, President and CEO of Intoto Inc. "We leverage our experience in providing award winning secured gateway software platforms to deliver modular, flexible broadband security solutions on Intel platforms. The highly optimized software architecture will enable OEMs to accelerate their development to build secured broadband equipment".

Together, Intel and Intoto, Inc. deliver a comprehensive security solution on a choice of operating systems including VxWorks and embedded Linux. This provides complete ICSA certified Firewall and VPN functionality on the Intel IXP425 network processor development platform. A comprehensive demonstration of this solution is available at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF), San Jose, CA. Booth no. 226.

About Intel
Intel, the world's largest chipmaker, is also a leading manufacturer of computer, networking and communications products. Additional information about Intel is available at www.intel.com.

About Intoto, Inc.
Intoto Inc. is a leading provider of secure embedded gateway infrastructure software to OEMs and processor vendors in the communications gateway market segment. Intoto Inc. offers iGateway™ product platform, a fully integrated comprehensive embedded gateway software platform that includes:

• Security Applications: Firewall (with NAT and ALGs), VPN(IPSec, IKE, PKI, L2TP, PPTP), InLine Intrusion Protection System (IIPS), 802.1x Security for Wireless
  
• Convergence Applications: VoIP, VoDSL, RTP/RTCP, and other voice protocols
• Connectivity Applications: USB, Firewire, 802.11b, Bluetooth, and PCMCIA-WLAN
• Management Applications : Web-based device management and end-to-end Centralized Management Software

Intoto's licensing-based business model allows equipment manufacturers to create and rapidly deploy fully validated, reliable gateway equipment. Equipment manufacturers have successfully reduced development costs, and re-used the modular software across multiple products to maximize returns. Founded in 1998, Intoto Inc.'s headquarters is located in the heart of Silicon Valley - Santa Clara, California and has a subsidiary development center (Intoto Software India Pvt. Ltd.) in India.

For more information please visit http://www.intotoinc.com