Justin, what do you make of this:
Integrates Standards-Based Encryption Technology Into Virtual Private
Networking Solution
October 1, 1998 12:23 PM
BALTIMORE, Md., Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Information Resource Engineering
(IRE) Inc. IREG , a leading provider of Virtual Private Network (VPN)
software for secure business communications, announced today that Lucent
Technologies has licensed IRE's SafeNet/Soft-PK(TM) software.
Under the OEM agreement, Lucent will integrate IRE's SafeNet/Soft-PK
into its network security solutions as the Lucent IPSec Client. The
Lucent IPSec Client is an integral piece of the new Lucent VPN Gateway
solution. The integration of IRE's interoperable, peer-to-peer public
key software will enable Lucent to offer secure VPN solutions to large
enterprises and service providers worldwide.
"Standards-based, public key compliant client software is an important
piece of our new VPN solution," said Howard Gittleson, director,
Internet Security Products Group, Lucent Technologies. "We evaluated a
number of software options and decided that IRE's delivered the most
value to our solution and enabled us to bring it to market in a very
short amount of time."
"We are pleased to offer our leading-edge, SafeNet/Soft-PK encryption
solution for Lucent's innovative suite of network security solutions,"
said Anthony Caputo, chairman and chief executive officer for IRE. "The
integration of our software will result in a comprehensive VPN solution
that is public key compliant, enabling end users to have an
interoperable solution that best meets their present and future security
and networking needs." |
