VONE NEWS:
Wednesday December 8, 12:30 pm Eastern Time
Company Press Release
V-ONE Initial Member of UUNET's VPN Vendor
Alliance Program
SmartGate VPN Receives 'UUNET Tested' Seal of Compatibility
GERMANTOWN, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 8, 1999--V-ONE© Corporation (Nasdaq: VONE - news), a
leading
provider of client/server Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), today announced that it is one of the five initial members of
the
VPN Vendor Alliance Program developed by UUNET, an MCI WorldCom company.
As a member of the VPN Vendor Alliance Program, V-ONE's innovative SmartGate© VPN technology can now be
identified
as ``UUNET Tested' and the company can realize increased new revenue opportunities through referrals from UUNET.
All VPN solutions selected by UUNET for evaluation are rigorously tested for compatibility with UUNET's global
network
based on multiple criteria. Once accepted into the program, the vendor's VPN solution receives the ``UUNET Tested'
seal of
compatibility.
``UUNET's strong reputation for quality is reflected in the rigorous test program they created to select their VPN
Alliance
members ,' said David D. Dawson, CEO of V-ONE Corporation. ``Being one of the initial members to receive the
`UUNET
Tested' seal is confirmation that our SmartGate solution is interoperable with the UUNET network.'
``The VPN Vendor Alliance Program extends UUNET's portfolio of VPN solutions to meet the demanding and changing
needs of businesses today,' said Skip Taylor, director of product marketing, dial VPNs, UUNET. ``Ideal for enterprises
that
want to manage their own VPN solutions, the Alliance Program identifies industry leaders that offer innovative VPN
technology.'
``UUNET believes the VPN Vendor Alliance Program is an innovative approach for our customers, V-ONE and the
industry,'
continued Taylor. ``We're pleased to award the `UUNET Tested' designation to V-ONE for the SmartGate solution and
we
welcome V-ONE into our VPN Vendor Alliance Program.'
V-ONE brings innovative functionality to the UUNET VPN Vendor Alliance Program. SmartGate runs on a variety of
platforms, including Red Hat Linux 6.0 from Red Hat (Nasdaq: RHAT - news), Windows© NT from Microsoft
(Nasdaq:
MSFT - news), Solaris from Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW - news) and BSD UNIX. SmartGate supports a wide array of authentication systems and tokens including RADIUS and SecurID© from RSA
Security
(Nasdaq: RSAS. - news) SmartGate's mutual authentication always occurs with support of third-party systems, thus
increasing
their strength and making them better suited for Internet-based VPN connections. SmartGate is also the only VPN to
support
Windows CE.
Glad I held.
Mike
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