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RECONNEX AND EXTREME NETWORKS TEAM UP
TO PROVIDE REAL-TIME SECURITY ENFORCEMENT ACROSS THE NETWORK
Combined High-Performance Gigabit Solution
Helps Monitor and Protect Customers' Sensitive Outbound Data
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 19, 2006 - Reconnex, the expert in
information protection, today announced that it has integrated its leading-edge
content monitoring platform with Extreme Networks, Inc.'s (Nasdaq: EXTR)
Ethernet switching solutions to provide customers real-time security with
policy enforcement. Reconnex has leveraged Extreme Networks' open security
framework and extensible operating system, ExtremeXOS™, to allow
enterprises to take policy-based action to help prevent intellectual property
and confidential data from leaving corporate networks.
The Reconnex iGuard is a high-performance appliance that protects inbound
and outbound traffic at gigabit speeds, allowing enterprises to discover,
monitor, and capture network content and to perform searches on the captured
content to detect previously unknown security threats. The Reconnex iGuard
will communicate directly with Extreme Networks' high-performance BlackDiamond®
switch via an extensible XML interface, allowing the switch to take action
on security violations as they happen.
"Extreme Networks' open and extensible network software platform,
based on our ExtremeXOS operating system, presents a unique opportunity
for the Reconnex iGuard appliance to deliver enterprise-class scalability
and performance that leverages the network infrastructure to monitor and
then enforce policies," said Herb Schneider, co-founder and senior
vice president of research and development for Extreme Networks. "Because
the Reconnex iGuard can monitor inbound and outbound information across
all protocols, communications channels, and file types, it presents one
of the few content protection appliances that provide real-time enforcement
of security policies for sensitive and private data."
The iGuard compares outgoing traffic to set policies to determine if
the content is appropriate or not, and to determine who the user is. If
the content and user are not suspicious, the Reconnex iGuard monitors
the content, which is mirrored using Extreme Networks CLEAR-Flow™
security rules engine. However, if the content leaving the network violates
a security policy or the user is suspicious, the iGuard appliance uses
XML APIs available with the ExtremeXOS™ operating system to create
real-time, dynamic Access Control Lists (ACLs) that block traffic from
the user. The joint solution allows enterprises to respond quickly to
security violations and take necessary action with the offending user.
This security implementation leverages the existing network to mitigate
security vulnerabilities.
"Reconnex understands and evaluates all of the content that leaves
and enters the network. However, we know that to make real-time enforcement
a reality, we must work closely with other infrastructure vendors,"
said Dr. Ratinder Paul Singh Ahuja, CTO at Reconnex. "We've joined
forces with Extreme Network to provide our customers the highest level
of protection. The power of Reconnex's high-performance appliance, combined
with the XML API enforcement capability of Extreme Networks switch, gives
our customers a network-based, real-time enforcement solution. We will
continue to partner with other leading infrastructure companies to ensure
our customers' sensitive and private data is protected."
Demonstration at Interop New York
For the first time, Extreme Networks and Reconnex will demonstrate the
joint solution in the InteropNet at Interop New York, being held September
18-22 at the Jacob Javits Center. Extreme Networks designs, builds, and
maintains this innovative event network, which provides the most reliable
and secure converged networking services for exhibitors, conference rooms,
and attendees.
About Extreme Networks
Extreme Networks designs, builds, and installs Ethernet infrastructure
solutions that solve the toughest business communications challenges.
Our commitment to open networking sets us apart from the alternatives
by delivering meaningful insight and unprecedented control to applications
and services. We believe openness is the best foundation for growth, freedom,
flexibility, and choice. We focus on enterprises and service providers
who demand high performance, converged networks that support voice, video
and data, over a wired and wireless infrastructure.
Extreme Networks, ExtremeXOS, BlackDiamond and CLEAR-Flow are either
registered trademarks or trademarks of Extreme Networks, Inc. in the United
States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are owned by their
respective owners.
About Reconnex
Reconnex is the leader in information monitoring and protection appliances
designed for any organization - including enterprises, government agencies
or educational institutions - that wants to protect its brand, maintain
compliance, or secure sensitive information. Reconnex's simple-to-deploy
appliance delivers accurate detection while protecting an enterprise before,
during, and after any threat to corporate privacy or intellectual property.
A privately held company based in Silicon Valley, Calif., Reconnex protects
information for over one million users today.
For more information about Reconnex, please visit www.reconnex.net.
Forward looking statements: Except for the historical information contained
herein, the matters set forth in this press release, including without
limitation statements as to performance, availability, flexibility, reliability
and security of the network and the Extreme Networks products are forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions
of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking
statements speak only as of the date. Because such statements deal with
future events, they are subject to risks and uncertainties, including
network changes and actual results of use of the product in the event's
environment. We undertake no obligation to update the forward-looking
information in this release. Other important factors which could cause
actual results to differ materially are contained in the Company's 10-Qs
and 10-Ks which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(http://www.sec.gov).